It is Tuesday afternoon and we have returned from a day of shopping and sight seeing. By chance, we found pumpkins first thing this morning when we started out the day. We were looking for a baseball cap for me with Egypt or Alexandria or something of that ilk on it. No luck. We found some hats but nothing that I wanted. Will check out the shops at the Cairo airport on my way out of the country.
The two main tourist sights that we visited today were the Roman Amphitheater and Pompey's Pillar. The Amphitheater was "discovered" in 1963 when they started to dig a foundation for an apartment house. It is still under excavation. It will take a couple of more years to uncover and reconstruct the site.
Pompey's Pillar is a large column in the middle of the city. They have created a very nice area around the column but there really isn't much to see.
This afternoon Linda and Drew are taking delivery of a new leather couch. The landlady promised a couch to them last November. Linda picked out the style she wanted from a catalog and purchased the fabric. Both were delivered to a furniture maker. Eleven months later, still no couch. So the landlady said it was okay to just go to a store and pick one out.
Tomorrow we are going to the "farmers" market to buy fresh vegetables, fruits, etc.
Traffic in Alex is unbelievable. I could never drive here. Linda's driver, Hanny, is very good but it is still an experience to be in the front seat and see how close he comes to other cars. Somehow everyone manages to work their way thru the traffic, weaving in and out and dodging people trying to cross the street at the same time.
All for now
Love you
John
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