by thadmin | Jan 3, 2013 | Historical, Travel
(“fee-lay”) Rather short day yesterday. A short boat ride out to an island when the temple of Phillae is now located. During the inundation of land when the Aswan High Dam was created and the waters of the Nile backed up to create Lake Nasser, the temple...
by thadmin | Dec 25, 2012 | Historical, Travel
Karnak has always seemed the pinnacle of tourist experience in Egypt to me; more even than touring the Pyramids. There is a fine line, it turns out, between a thoroughly pedestrian experience in Egypt and an exquisite observation of Previous Man. I thank my sister...
by thadmin | Dec 18, 2012 | Historical, Travel
Well really, this post should be called just Mosques. We were unable to use our cameras inside the Churches we visited today (and the same for the one synagogue we walked through – first time ever in a synagogue!). Oh well, what could I do but make dreadful...
by thadmin | Dec 17, 2012 | Historical, Joy, Travel
While its true the Egyptian Museum was first on our list to visit today, we were unable to take cameras into the building as it is forbidden to do so. We toured the museum in..an hour and a half..? We pressed on quickly as the kids became tired. Owen was enthusiastic,...
by thadmin | Dec 16, 2012 | Historical, Travel
Hectic first day. But there were really only two objectives. We first drove to Saqarra, a pyramid group south of Giza, and had a look at some of the oldest pyramidal structures in the country. We then drove to Giza and had a quick lunch before walking straight to the...
by thadmin | Dec 14, 2012 | Beauty, Historical, Joy, love, Travel
Yesterday morning we arrived in Paris after a 6.5 hr flight from Toronto. We had originally thought that an 8am arrival would make for a great opportunity to explore the city that day, spend our first night and then have a second full day before heeding to the airport...
