12 November 2024

Up and about very early this morning, breakfast at sunrise with a member of the group, then a stroll around the lovely garden of the Winter Palace, our hotel since the day before yesterday. It's one of the old, ornate hotel where folks like Agatha Christie and Winston Churchill stayed when they were in Egypt. Below are some photos of the last day or two.


                                                        

                                                    Eastern alcove in the Mosque in Cairo




                                                        Imam demonstrating the call to prayer

                                                                (lovely voice, BTY)


                                            

                                                                            Mosque residents


                                                

                                                                The Winter Palace, our hotel in Luxor



                                                                    My room in the Winter Palace



                                                                    The hallway to breakfast



                                                                            One view of the lobby



                                                        The way to the West Bank of the Nile



                                                        Inside Seti's tomb in the Valley of the Kings



One of many, many mosaics in Seti's tomb. Here, the dead king's retainers carry a protective cobra

                                                                on the way to the afterlife.



                                                                        Queen's Temple



More photos to come. Must complete packing.








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