4 Day Getaway

Mike and I spent 4 great days in Egypt last week.  This picture is from the front of the National Museum in Cairo.  It was a great trip.                      

And here we are in front of the real thing.

Our group at the Great Pyramids in Giza.

We did all the fun tourist things. Dinner on the Nile River was wonderful and included a show with a belly dancer and a sufi dancer. Sufi dancers are male. They wear huge skirts and spin and spin for long periods of time while doing tricks with the skirts. It's really amazing. After the show we sat on the deck and watched the Nile go by. Before we left on Saturday we spent the morning at the market..Khana Khalili(spelling?) Although it was fun, well, shopping isn't my thing. :) And truthfully, after having been to the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul and to the Medina in Fez several years ago...well, it's a big market.  What can I say? :)I did laugh though when my friend Pattie came up to me with this brilliant smile and said "Now this really energizes me!!" I smiled back and said, "Uh huh, it sucks me dry." 

But the trip filled me up. Lots of fun and laughter. When I got back to Abu Dhabi I pulled out Sallie and Robert's history books to read about Egypt's history. (It'd been awhile, should have done that before we left.)

We are so thankful we got to go. Memories that will last forever. And next time we want to go to Luxor and Alexandria.  Course, don't know when that will be, but we can dream. 

Today's Forecast

The weather here can be fairly predictable. In the summer..hot, hotter and  "drop dead get me out of here". A common conversation for those of us leaving for the summer is how we want to beat the heat and so on. Now the winter is a different story.  70s and 80s are the temps of the season.  Really beautiful.  We head to the beach. We walk to the park. The whole population moves outside.  Even so, because there is little change, well, it gets kind of boring. :)  I mean, how sad is it when you hear a kid say, "Hey look, mom, clouds!!" Although, the truth is, the adults may say it more than the kids. And on the four days it rains...well, hang on. Like the flood pictures I posted a couple of entries ago, it was exciting.

Today, I joined my friend Kara on the Corniche to walk.  Several days a week there are a few of us moms who are walking along the newly renovated beach boardwalk.  It's been so nice. But today, there was FOG!  It was a fun change.  Kara moved here in September so everything is still new to her.  She mentioned how it felt so sticky and all. I just smiled and said, " Ënjoy the change."   I tried to take a pictue with my phone. Not sure it gives the full effect but you get the idea. :)