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Category Archives: Egypt
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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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
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – WAITING, WAITING BUT HOW MUCH LONGER?
ALEXANDRIA Railway Station – sometimes trains are not on time! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
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
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
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings
Tagged Burial Grounds, Eternity, Hot Air Balloons, Magic, Pharaohs, Secrets
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – WHAT SIZE SHOES DID RAMSES II WEAR?
IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE —– Looking at these feet, maybe he didn’t wear shoes? The feet are part of a broken statue of Ramses II – which stood at the Ramesseum, on the West Bank of the Nile, near Luxor. Ramses … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor, Pharaohs
Tagged Feet, Shoes, Size, Statues, Stones
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Egypt My Love 