D is for Denmark, but I haven’t any photos of our day in Copenhagen back in 2003, so we move on to E for Egypt. We had a fantastic Nile cruise in September 2010 that started with three days in Cairo, and we stayed at the magnificent Mena House Hotel in Giza, which is now a Marriott hotel although at the time it was part of the Oberoi group.

So what do you think of, when you think of Cairo? I bet it’s this:

That was the view from our balcony! Stunning, eh? But there’s more to Cairo than pyramids. Here’s the Citadel

The famous Coptic Church:

with so many beautiful details inside

There are also some stunning mosques. This is the Mohammed Ali Mosque:

The Qani Bay Qara Mosque:

and the Sultan Hassan Mosque:

This is an original, 14th century oil lamp

Views over the city are spectacular

We loved our visit to the Egyptian Museum

with its incredible monuments

and posing tourists

A day at the Pyramids is a memorable event. First we saw the Solar Boat museum – with a boat that was built to send the dead body off to heaven.

And of course The Sphinx!

They tell you the Sphinx is beautiful, and it is. What they don’t tell you is what the Sphinx looks at!

OK, I know you want to see a pyramid.

or maybe two

How about a close up?

At Saqqara, the pyramid is stepped

Old Ramses is lying down on the job

Back in Cairo, there’s always the Old Bazaar to lose yourself in

 

An amazing place, with some grand and quirky sights

Thanks for joining me on these memories around Cairo. Tomorrow it’s back to the theatre, and some shows I saw from November 1977 to February 1978.