Who knew that Egypt's two most famous tourist attractions were within a quarter mile of each other? Probably a lot of people. I didn't, though.
Today we went to see the Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx. We got to touch the first pyramid, go into the second one, and laugh at the smallest one (but not really). Perhaps the greatest memory I will have is when Caitlin and I were harassed by a man who wanted money outside the first pyramid. "Harassed" may not be the best word for it but he certainly wanted money very badly. I gave him a euro that I had in my pocket so he would leave us alone. He didn't.
The second pyramid was cool, though. the passage was about one meter by one meter and very hot. We got down to the tomb and saw a stone coffin thing. Cabot got in.
We also saw the Solar Boat but I don't really know anything about it. Apparently it carried Pharaohs into the afterlife or something. We had to wear these bags over out feet to protect the wood floors. That's what I'm guessing.
We got to the Sphinx about the time it was closing. Most of the pictures that I got were with the police blowing their whistles in my ear to get us to leave.
We also saw how ancient Egyptians made paper.
The lamest part of the day was the Sound and Light show at the Pyramids and Sphinx. The first word that I would use to describe it would be "lame". The second word would be "hilarious". The best part of it was when they were telling a story about something (I wasn't listening) and the story ended with the phrase "and there was much rejoicing."
Not even kidding.
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hilarious about the much rejoicing line! I didn't have any idea those things were so close together and I think it would be cool to go inside a pyramid.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to travel any afterward? Go into other parts of Europe? If so and you want another lame tourist attraction to add to your list, you should definitely wait around for 20 minutes in the rain to see the Glockenspiel clock in Munich do it's thing. Let's just say we wished we hadn't waited 20 minutes in the rain. :) *Everyone* had told us "you have to go" though. hmm . . .