Pryamids and dinner with an Egyptian family

We saw them. We saw the Pyramids. Our day started at six where we traveled with our new German friends and our old friend Ahmed, whose apartment were staying at. Go find yourself a National Geographic with pictures of the pyramids and stare long and hard and please, let us tell you that they alone are worth the trip to Egypt. These megalithic testaments to human inginuity that have withstood the literal sands of time are beyond what can be expressed in words. You may find yourself tilting at windmills but try, please try to wrap your mind around this...we descended, with heads bowed and backs bent, into the very heart of the Pyramid of Khafre. The pyramids, that you have seen since before you were born...not 3 hours after waking up, we found ourselves underneath more than 6 million tons of limestone brick.

Post pyramids, we came home for a quick nap and, having fasted all day in the spirit of Ramadan, went for breakfast at Ahmeds girlfriends, Mena, house for a feast, where her mother Amani prepared Molokhia, some red stuff, some dolmalike treats, rice, and some other red stuff with beans and carrots in it. In spite of my lack of names, the meal was TDF (to die for..duh). We have just finished our night (at 1 am) with shisha and tea and are preparing for our second trip to the Egyptian Museum, this time with a tour guide to show us how, exactly, to get to the room of Tutankhamun.

Thats all for now.

For the record, the keyboard refuses to equip us with the tools necessary for proper punctuation so bear with us.

Much love,

2SweetPs