Walk Like an Egyptian

Alexandria, Egypt

Before arriving in Alexandria, we had a sea day.  B & I were hoping more folks would join the ship board activities but we only had 6 at golf, 8 at bocce and 8 at ping pong.   I came in 2^nd at golf, couldn’t play bocce cause it was the same time as trivia and I have decided ping pong is more trouble than it’s worth, having to bend over and pick up that little ball all the time…lol!  B had to play two rounds then come back to the room to wring out his shirt!  The weather here is full of humidity and not near as pleasant as The Black Sea.  Today is about 86* but 78% humidity!  We will just pretend we are back in Texas! Ha!

Lots of folks left the ship in Alexandria for an overnight trip to Cairo to see the pyramids.  We have been there before so opted to explore Alexandria again.  We wandered into town and found the local food market and fish market.  Folks were very friendly however the young ladies wearing head coverings laughed quite often at my blue hair…  I wanted to ask them what color their hair was under their shawls…lol!  When we got tired of shopping, we found a horse and carriage and negotiated with the driver to tour us around the town and return us to our ship for $10.  It was a lovely ride down to the sandcastle on the waterfront and over to the local mosque but when we got to the ship and tried to pay him $20, he said “no, no it was $50!”  So we just walked away – I stopped and put the $20 in his pocket and kept on going…  Achmiid was good, but not worth $50!  LOL!!!

There was a terrific souvenir market right at the ship, so I bought lots more gifties which you will see and hear about when I come home.

Today we are in Port Sahid, Egypt awaiting the return of the pyramid caravaners.  Not much to do here so we are just relaxing on the ship.  We are off to play bocce and trivia in a bit.

Oh the next two days are in Israel, however it is a week of Holy Days there so lots of stuff will be closed…  poor planning on HAL’s part, but we will see it there are any Muslim shops open…lol!

Hope this finds all of you well – sure would be nice if a few of you would make a comment here or send a quick email…(this computer does not have my address book in it)  I miss hearing from my friends…

Happy Sailing…