Monthly Archives: May 2013

WE STILL LOVE EGYPT BUT EGYPT DOESN’T LOVE ITSELF ANYMORE!

Writing my Blog about the happier days of Egypt I must be giving the impression that  I am ignoring what is happening in Egypt today. I am not  – I am deeply touched and worried  by the stories and the images we see … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – DON’T THEY LOVE ME ANYMORE?

How can all these people ignore me like this? Don’t they know who I am? Don’t they know that I am and have been the symbol of Egypt for thousand of years.  They call me the GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA standing on the Giza … Continue reading

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CRUSING ON THE NILE

Like a huge, slippery snake the Nile winds its way through Egypt to the Mediterranean. It is 4130 miles long; one of the longest rivers in the world. It has often been said, that EGYPT is a Gift of the Nile. Today its water resource … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – WAITING, WAITING BUT HOW MUCH LONGER?

ALEXANDRIA Railway Station – sometimes trains are not on time! More from Egypt soon Brigitte

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PAPYRUS – NOT A THING OF THE PAST – IT IS STILL MADE TODAY

When I stayed at the New Memnon Hotel, on the West Bank of the Nile near Luxor, I found out that the owner of the hotel, Sayed is also the owner of the NEFERTARY PAPYRUS INSTITUTE  where still today papyrus is made.  Papyrus, is … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE

HOW CAN HUMANS WHO ARE SO SMALL HAVE BUILT COLUMNS WHICH ARE SO BIG?? THOUSAND OF YEARS AGO!! More from Egypt soon Brigitte

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EGYPT’S HOT AIR BALLOONS ARE UP UP AND AWAY AGAIN

TWO WEEKS AGO EGYPT RESUMED THE HOT AIR BALLOONS  SIGHTSEEING IN LUXOR ****************************************************************************** Getting up at 4 am was hard. It was dark outside, and I wondered why I had agreed to take a hot air balloon ride. In total darkness … Continue reading

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