Cairo pt. 2

This lunch was amazing.  Jesse is giving you a real good look at what we had.  We had several dips that we dipped with a fry bread.  Never been a hummus fan but the spices that were in there were great.  We had a roasted chicken as well. We never did get to try the pigeon, maybe next time...

This is the back side of the Cairo museum.  It caught fire during the demonstrations/ protests they had a few month before.  They burned a government building in Tahiri square which I was told we would never be by, but come to find out we would be in that square. Being in a country that hate Americans, and we very much stood out, was a nervous feeling while in Cairo.

 

 

Swimming in our pool the last night.

 

So I'm Putting a link to the song "Some Nights" by Fun.  While driving in Cairo, and fearing for lives, cause they are the worst drivers I have ever seen, and I have been to Mexico and seen Californians drive in the winter in Idaho, our guide, Tam told the driver to turn on the radio.  This song came on and my dad said, "Oh good, we get to listen to Egyptian music".  Haha, I will always love this song now cause of his commet.  I did put a link up for the clean version.
Some nights by Fun

Dinner our last night. there is a story that goes with this.  We got back to the hotel around 4 pm, dinner was served at 6 pm at 40$ a plate. I didn't want to spend that kind of money on my kids, (Love you), but i knew I wouldn't get our monies worth, and my dad was really sick, throwing up and all.  We wanted snacks, not to much we were leaving at 2am for the airport.  So Jesse and I decide to walk out of the armed guarded gate to see if there is a store near by. There wasn't.  The hotel guy came running after us to see what we were doing. I told him, he said to eat in the dining room, I said we were not going to pay that kind of money for dinner.  A taxi driver said he would take us to a store.  I had 60$ in my pocket, no ID, If I was going to be robbed, I only wanted to part with 60$ and not my passport.  We get into a 1970's Datson, and Taryn had begged to come with us, against my better judgement I let her.  Our driver is a crazy driver, going against traffic and all, goes onto a dirt access road under an overpass.  He stops the car and I told Jesse to get ready to run, I had a really bad feeling, and Toms words rushing through my head "dont' do anything stupid". Our driver opens the door just to shut it again, I guess it was ajar.  Anyways he drives us past several stores, more Americanized convince store looking things and we keep driving.  Then I realize I have no idea what the name of our hotel is. We are now at a shopping district that is packed with people.  Egypt comes alive after dark.  We go inside and our driver helps us get a few items.  So even though I made some very stupid mistakes it turned out okay and we got to see the non-touristy part of Cairo.  If we had more time I would have liked to explore some more marketplaces.

Here is a little political post for you all.  After taking this picture, I actually took 3, some armed guards came up to me and told me to erase the pictures and to put my camera away in the airport.

Eating macaroons in the airport in Paris.

A drinking fountain where we didn't have to filter before we drank. And it was cold.