Sometimes Dreams Come True

Giza, Egypt

I have long had a fascination

with Egypt.  As a student of

Fine Art I took many art history

classes and one of my favorites was

the Ancient Art of the Near East.

I have visited Egyptian collections

in many museums but I always knew I'd

have to see Egypt some day.

Today we traveled to Giza

to view the Sphinx and the

three most famous pyramids

of the 100+ known pyramids

in Egypt.

I touched the only remaining

wonder of the Seven Wonders

of the Ancient World.  We all

decided today that one's education

is not complete until you go out in the

world and experience different cultures.

From across the desert we could

hear the noon time call to prayer.

We rode camels through the desert.

And visited the majestic Sphinx.

Sadly, you may notice there are

no crowds at this very popular

tourist site.  Egypt is experiencing

an 80% reduction in tourism since

the revolution earlier in the year.

I have to say we have been treated

very nicely everywhere we have

gone and feel quite safe.