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. 
