Today was Friday. It is the start of the weekend and our first “day off” in that we didn’t have anything scheduled.<\/p>\n
We went for a walk.
\nWe went to the Flamenco Hotel for an overpriced (by Egyptian standards) buffet breakfast. Properly sated on beef bacon (1\/2 thumb up) we went for a stroll along the Nile.<\/p>\n
It was cooler with a bit of breeze along the river.<\/p>\n
We discovered an open air theater that I had heard\/read about but had not seen yet, The Culture Wheel.<\/a><\/p>\n It is a short walk from our apartment. We will have to keep an eye on the schedule.<\/p>\n We then strolled “up river” which is south.<\/p>\n We stumbled upon “The Fish Garden<\/a>“. This is a little green space with this odd man made collection of caves that hold aquaria. Oh, and bats. Fruit bats living in the roof of the caves.<\/p>\n More about the caves:<\/p>\n They are above ground and consist of lots of arches and hidey holes and twisty little passages.<\/p>\n All those little hidey holes and passages are great places for teenagers to get “frisky”. In this part of the world getting “frisky” involves holding hands and maybe touching someone’s arm or back.<\/p>\n Every time we rounded a corner, our guide was shoo-ing off some couple, he in jeans and a long sleeve shirt, her in jeans, long sleeve shirt and a hajib<\/a>, with some sharp sounding Arabic.<\/p>\n I found it amusing and somehow comforting that, at least on some level, teenagers everywhere will try to get away with something.<\/p>\n
\nSome fish from the Nile, some from the Mediterranean, some from Africa. A bunch of preserved specimens of crocodiles, and some live turtles.<\/p>\n