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No parking on my street for 3 days in advance of the pope's visit
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Just our constant flow of taxis
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On my way to brunch at the Novotel opposite the Andalusian Gardens
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Adding to my collection of obsolete phone booth photos
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From the rooftop cafe, I spy a school outing in the Andalusian Park
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Kasr al-Nile Bridge, and on the far bank, the Semiramis and new Shepheard hotels
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Denise & Khalid -- and of course, Cairo
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In the roundabout on the west end of the Kasr al-Nile Bridge, Saad Zaghloul waves from his Pharonic pedestal
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A photo to remember brunch by
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Gezira Sporting Club entrance
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Nile View, an Art Deco apartment building facing the Gezira Club
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From a million workers?
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Charles de Gaulle negotiated the liberation of France in this building during WW2
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Of remaining villas in Zamalek, this is one of the most deteriorated
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Nearby is the former palace of Prince Omar Toussoun, today a branch of the Council of Ministers
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Sri Lanka Street
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The staircase stained glass window in the former palace of Prince Omar Toussoun
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Now closer to home, a once-stylish apartment building on Yehia Ibrahim
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A parking lot, empty for the first time in my sejour because of the pope's visit
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Strolling up my empty street--except for the truck exiting the Vatican Embassy
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Now in front of the Iraqi Embassy, I look back at the tense stretch I just walked through
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Leanne & Denise at the base of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders to have survived more or less in tact
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Ruth & Denise
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A second, just in case
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The Pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren[1] is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled from c. 2558 to 2532 BC. -Wikipedia
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A camel that loves to pose
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Denise, Leanne, and Ruth
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Take two
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Leanne enjoying her visit
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Choosing their mounts
