We went out trying to find a United Airlines office to change our flight, or try to get credit for the unused return trip. We couldn't find it! We knew the street it should be on, but we didn't know if it was at ground level, or up on another floor. There never was signage to let you know!
I was getting frustrated and tired, so we headed to the Ritz-Carlton to get something to eat. We stumbled into their buffet luncheon. OMG, what a spread. From cooked to order meats, to a carvery station, to beautiful fish, to many vegetarian choices as well as many Egyptian choices. Fuggetabout the dessert bar....
We sampled as much as we could, and then some. Everything was absolutely delicious! The bill came, and it was 200 EP each, now that is about 12USD. Can you say WTF, all that for less than a cocktail in a not so fancy bar in Manhattan???
With bellies full, we decided to hit the Egyptian Museum. I know it houses some of the worlds best treasure from the Pharoanic dynasties, but the place is a dump. The lighting is awful, and forget about being able to read any of the descriptions that are in English. You can't because the lighting is so bad.
Bill posited that any random choice of 15 items would be the centerpiece of a collect in any of the smaller US cities. Here, sarcophagi were stacked 5 deep in cases so you couldn't see 3 through 5. There was so little organization to the collection that it was just a overwhelming. There were cases upon cases of little items that were tucked between the wrappings of the mummies but none were identified. It seemed that a curator with a color fixation organized the collection. Let's put the blue things all together, and then over here the metallic things, and over here the stone stuff. BAH.
I was hoping to spend a couple of days in there, we were out in about 2.5 hours. Had to see the Tut exhibit, and that too was not well curated, but better lit.
We left and went back to the hotel for a lie down. We ended up in the Pub again watching a Russian woman in a fur (it's 70 degrees) chat up this Englishman. It was hilarious to me. She had on skin tight pants and a spangled top however, this was a body that should not get that kind of attention. She could drink though! I left Bill to try his luck and went to bed!
I was getting frustrated and tired, so we headed to the Ritz-Carlton to get something to eat. We stumbled into their buffet luncheon. OMG, what a spread. From cooked to order meats, to a carvery station, to beautiful fish, to many vegetarian choices as well as many Egyptian choices. Fuggetabout the dessert bar....
We sampled as much as we could, and then some. Everything was absolutely delicious! The bill came, and it was 200 EP each, now that is about 12USD. Can you say WTF, all that for less than a cocktail in a not so fancy bar in Manhattan???
With bellies full, we decided to hit the Egyptian Museum. I know it houses some of the worlds best treasure from the Pharoanic dynasties, but the place is a dump. The lighting is awful, and forget about being able to read any of the descriptions that are in English. You can't because the lighting is so bad.
Bill posited that any random choice of 15 items would be the centerpiece of a collect in any of the smaller US cities. Here, sarcophagi were stacked 5 deep in cases so you couldn't see 3 through 5. There was so little organization to the collection that it was just a overwhelming. There were cases upon cases of little items that were tucked between the wrappings of the mummies but none were identified. It seemed that a curator with a color fixation organized the collection. Let's put the blue things all together, and then over here the metallic things, and over here the stone stuff. BAH.
I was hoping to spend a couple of days in there, we were out in about 2.5 hours. Had to see the Tut exhibit, and that too was not well curated, but better lit.
We left and went back to the hotel for a lie down. We ended up in the Pub again watching a Russian woman in a fur (it's 70 degrees) chat up this Englishman. It was hilarious to me. She had on skin tight pants and a spangled top however, this was a body that should not get that kind of attention. She could drink though! I left Bill to try his luck and went to bed!
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