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Author Archives: Brigitte Nioche
EGYPT’S UNBEATABLE SPIRIT
Since the Revolution a new party called Hizb El-Kanab – meaning Couch Potato Party – has developed. They are people who watched the events during the last two years while sitting on their sofas at home. But this time they did not … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo, Egypt, Government, Islam, Politics, Religion
Tagged Couch Potatoes, Demonstrations, Freedom, Spirit, women
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EGYPT – MY LOVE- BLOG 100
After writing 99 Blogs about Egypt over the last year, I feel quite excited that the next one is number 100. Writing it today has been on my schedule for the last week, but when watching the news I realized that … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Foreign Policy, Government, Islam, Politics, Religion
Tagged Democracy, Demonstrations, Freedom, Mohammed Mursi, Tahrir Square
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EGYPT – HOW MUCH LUCK DOES IT NEED?
Since Ancient Egyptian times SCARABS have been a sign of Good Luck, fending off bad spirits. This believe has survived into modern times and every tourist who has come to Egypt did not leave without at least one, or like … Continue reading
ROME, ITALY OR LUXOR, EGYPT?
Definitely LUXOR, EGYPT – after an hour flight from Cairo we arrived in Luxor. We checked into the hotel, the Winter Palace. A hotel everybody should stay once – old charm, a lot of history – Churchill, Lord Cavanaugh, and Agatha Christie, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Art, Egypt, Italy, Luxor, Pharaohs
Tagged Agatha Christie, ARCE, Churchill, Frescoes, Lord Cavanaugh, Romans, Winter Palace Hotel
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – A PEUGEOT – ANYTHING MISSING?
………..YES…………WHERE IS THE GPS ON THIS DASHBOARD? THE DRIVER IS WONDERING TOO! BUT NOT TO WORRY- EVEN WITHOUT IT HE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Travel
Tagged cars, Dashboards, Directions, Drivers, GPS, Peugeot, Taxis
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ASWAN – UNFORGETTABLE PLACES AND PEOPLE
The kindness of my friends Sue and John to let me tag along to Aswan when they were celebrating their wedding anniversary made me see a place I can’t forget. We took a train in Luxor at 10 o’clock and … Continue reading
PHOTO OF THE WEEK —— AND WHEN YOU STOP CRUISING
——– and you stay at the Winter Palace Hotel, this is the view from your window! The Nile and the Valley of the Kings in the distance – picture perfect! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Boats, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Travel
Tagged Cruising, holidays, Mountains, Pharaohs, Relaxation, The Nile. Boats
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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
Posted in Cairo, Egypt, Islam, Religion, Travel
Tagged Despair, Electricity, Government, hopes, Muslim Brotherhood, Unemployment
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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
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Pharaohs
Tagged Giza, heat, love, Passion, Sunshine, The Sphinx
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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
Egypt My Love 