In the Coptic district of Cairo we visited St George’s Church, a chapelet, The Church of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Family and of course, shops. Phew!
Before lunch we stopped at the Citidel of Saladin. Very cool – lots of wrought iron windows on the mosque, amazing views of the city, and a police and military museum!
Then we walked through the biggest mosque in Africa! Impressive, with lots of marble and columns.
In the afternoon we finally got to Khal El Khalili. Wow! A huge amount of people jammed into close quarters, all yelling at each other to buy, buy buy! We were pulled along by the crowd a lot, but managed to stop and buy lots of trinkets and scarves.
We had some great come-on lines from the shopkeepers. Some of the most imaginative:
“You dropped something!”
“No, I didn’t.”
“You dropped my heart!”
And the classic:
“You look like Cindy Crawford, but better!”
Yup, that didn’t sell them much.
After a long day it was lovely to relax on the roof terrace of the Salma Hotel with a cold drink.
Two Weeks Away 