April 27 - Back in Cairo

We arrive back in Cairo melancholy because we really sense that our trip is wrapping up. This time we stay at a hostel just a block from the City View Hotel where we stayed upon arrival. We're feeling like veterans now.

We head back to the Egyptian Museum - even crossing the street without the protection of locals. Now we get it right. We split up. First I take Cici and spend 1 1/2 hours pouring over the artifacts in the museum, including the treasures of King Tut's tomb. They underscore that he was really not an important Pharaoh, so just imagine the treasures that were buried with some of the powerful Pharaoh's like Ramses II! Greg brings the boys down to the Children's Museum (aka the Lego Exhibit). Then we switch.

I tell Gavin all about the treasures of King Tut they are all upstairs, just like he read in the book! Does he want to go with Dad to see them? No, he's not done making his lego rocket ship. WHAT? Are you six years old or something??

Once Greg gets his fill of the museum we meet up in the courtyard. All of a sudden I hear "Cici! Cici!" A long lost friend - it's the waitress from City View, she's there with what looks like her sister. They smother Cici with kisses take about a dozen photos with their camera phones and then run off.