So here I am in my hotel on the 24th floor with an amazing view of Cairo at night.  Too tired to do pictures tonight but I will tomorrow.  The ride in from the airport was an experience!  The horn seems to be every driver's best friend.  And traffic lanes?  Ha!  They are there but mean nothing.  I will NEVER complain about traffic in Missoula.  It is literally every man for himself here.  And if you are a pedestrian?  Forget about it!

The security for our hotel is tight.  We had to pass through a check point at the gate to the hotel and also had to have our bags checked at the hotel entrance.

We had dinner at a restaurant called Kebabgi here in the hotel.  We were tired so settled on sharing appetizers.  We had some stuffed grape leaves, several spreads including hummus, some tiny meat pies, some cheese wrapped in phyllo dough, and a couple of other things including desserts that I cannot remember the names of (I know, a dangling preposition!).  This came with flat bread freshly made that came out in big round puffs of hot yumminess!

There was a trio of musicians, one of whom was playing an ooud and singing.  They were very good.  Other diners did have the kebab which consist of a hot coal brazier brought to your table on which you cook your meat.  Egyptians typically eat late dinners:  9 pm or later.

Tomorrow we will meet for a tour that will include the pyramids, the sphynx, Sakara, and maybe a camel ride. Apparently if you go on the camel ride you get to go behind the pyramids and see three smaller prarmids.

Thankfully, all the flights were on time.  I met a surgeon from Cairo on the flight from Frankfurt.  We had a fascinating chat!  More on that later.

Best turn in and try to get my internal clock set for a busy few days!