I have so much to say about my mini-vacation to Cairo that I thought I would break it into multiple blog chapters. So don’t miss out on any of the info.
Traveling to Cairo was very easy on Monday. One of the guys from the hotel project was going to Cairo to visit some of his family. So he took me to the airport and helped me thru customs. It was nice to have my own translator as my left-hand man. The flight to Cairo was smooth and on schedule. The Cairo airport is very nice and modern. The hotel had a driver waiting for me and he happened to be standing right at the end of the passport line that I was standing in. What are the chances of that?? The driver could speak very good English and he gave me a tour of Cairo on the way to the airport. It was about an hour ride so we went by the President’s residence and took a bridge over the Nile. Interesting view from the bridge, there is an island in the middle of the Nile and a Christian church and a mosque sit side by side on the island.
I picked the Le Meridien Hotel because of its proximity to the Pyramids. The staff were very friendly and helpful. My room reminded me of the Sheraton in Abu Dhabi. The bathroom is a huge shower. The shower has one of those Kohler rainfall shower heads. I might have to remodel our bathroom at home to get one of those. It was great. The walls and floors are all marble.
I had dinner sitting on the pool deck and watched the sun go down and watched the Pyramids fade away in the dusk light.
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