Another two days has passed in wonderful Cairo and it is a little sad to day that this was our last day hosted by Rotary Club Nasr City. Yesterday was busy! All day guided by ex rotaractor Dina Shehab we started off with a visit in the beautiful Mohammed Ali Mosque and visited the Egyptian Antiques Museum. After a good lunch at a local restaurant we continued to the pyramids in Giza. Wow! It is impossible to imagine how big they really are. After a tour on a camelback (!) we got to enter the Chefren pyramid. We were all a bit nervous to climb up and down the narrow tracks and the air inside was warm, humid and contained very little oxygen. Back in the bus Dina translated the meaning of our names based on the hieroglyph signs. In the Papyrus Institute we got a demonstration of the production of papyrus. The day ended up in a Bazaar where we got to try Shisha (water-pipe) and do some shopping.
Today we had our first vocational visits within our respective working fields. After interesting meetings and some adventures in the busy Cairo traffic (well done Yasmeen!) we prepared sushi instructed by my host Tarek Michel and it was delicious! The day ended up in the Pyramid area where Tarek took us for horseback riding in the desert. I will quote Elisabeths facebook status “can easily imagine a life that involves riding by the pyramids on Sunday afternoons... Thanks to Tarek Michel for this wonderful experience!”.
The bags are now packed and we are looking forward to continue our trip to Alexandria where we are heading early tomorrow morning. We would like to thank all Rotarians and Rotaracts in Nasr City that has taken such good care of us and made these five days a memory for life!
Shoukran!
Hej!
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