Giza

So we made it! Giza was fascinating, as you might imagine. The morning was spent exploring Saqqara and the step pyramid of Zoser (2650 BC). Our program director, Ghada, told us quite a lot about the building and meaning and history of the pyramids. For example, this one wasn’t actually meant to be so tall but after building one layer, the builder just kept going – sort of a pre-pyramid. This exploration was followed by a visit to a rug “School”. Here children learn to knot and weave rugs as a possible profession and are also provided with schooling. Lunch at a hotel and then on to the big event – the Pyramids! Alf’s bucket list item and truly amazing. Seeing the 3 pyramids was awe-inspiring – they are simply ENORMOUS. I would have liked to walk all the way around the Great Pyramid but it would take quite a while and at 95 F. a bit of a challenge so I settled for a lot of pictures of these wonders of the ancient world and camel ride. Alf was not so impressed with the camel – so very very downhill when the camel’s back end goes up first! But he managed and when we followed this with a visit to the Sphinx I think he was totally satisfied with finally checking off this lifetime goal.