Busy Day

Our friends, Luke and Christine, arrived last night. It was fun going to the airport and being all anxious while we waited. They finally showed up and we've been enjoying their company! Today we had a Christmas gift exchange. Jeff and I got to open up gifts from home (thanks for the socks!) and from Luke and Christine, and they had a few gifts to open from us. Then it was off to see Cairo! Today we visited Coptic Cairo, the mosque of Ibn Tulun, and the mosque and madrasa of Sultan Hassan. We also visited the Gayer-Anderson Museum which is two preserved houses with random collections of artifacts and art. Then we had lunch at a streetside hole-in-the-wall. We are all thankful our digestive systems have survived. After returning home for a rest, we took some time to look at pictures from Luke and Christine's time in Israel and Jordan. Then we went out to dinner at a local restaurant. Whew! I'm exhausted! Tomorrow we're heading to Alexandria for a day. Pictures may come later...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

It's about 2:00 pm right now. Jeff is napping on the couch and I just put some banana bread in the oven. This morning we got up around 9:00, read the Christmas Story, and opened presents. It was fun! Jeff gave me a gag gift - a reminder of Egypt: an ashtray with pharonic decorations. After getting cleaned up, Jeff made pancakes and eggs for breakfast. It was yummy! Unfortunately, we've already had to do dishes twice this morning - once to make breakfast and once to clean up. It's days like this that I miss having a dishwasher!

Here is a Merry Christmas photo. More are posted on Facebook - send me an email and I'll send you the link!