It's almost time to send Bri back to Canada. Her time here has really flown by. She had an opportunity to experience our everyday life here in Maadi and to experience Egypt as a tourist. It's been fantastic to have the girls here together for the holidays.
At midnight on New Year's Eve we were hanging out with my parents and sister via Skype. With a quick chat to the Forster-Lett family before that. It was really nice to see everyone!
On Jan 1st we did some shopping because it was business as usual here and ate a nice dinner at home. Then Mike taught us how to play Texas Hold'em. That was a lot of fun!
Today, Jan 2, we took Bri on the Egypt subway, called the Metro, all the way to downtown Cairo. We stepped out into Tahrir square for the first time. ( I have been before but it was a first for Mike and the girls.) We had a very good experience up there. Three very nice men offered us directions if we needed. Two of them even helped us cross a crazy 6 lanes of traffic. It was great!
We easily found our way to the museum and spent about 2 hours inside looking at as much as we could until our legs were tired. Our favorite exhibits included the Royal Mummies and all of King Tut's treasures. Especially his death mask and throne.
For Brianna's last dinner we will head to our favourite Italian restaurant for some wine and pasta!
Her flight leaves tomorrow at 10:40am our time and she will be back in Toronto at 7:50pm her time.
As for us .... we still have 10 more days off until school starts back up. We don't have any specific plans except to rest and maybe join the gym and I will be getting caught up on my scrapbook. I'm also going to put together a few more photos for you from our trip.
In the photos below the girls are standing in front of the museum main doors (Mike is sitting on the right side) and then Mike took the second photo showing us in the square with some tents still set up in the background.
Happy New Year!
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