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April 30, 2002EdfuIsraelis Bombed 9/11? While waiting for the others to come out of the temple at Edfu, and when it became apparent that Bob wasn't going to buy anything, Bob...Read this update Search For Truth In EgyptCafes and Food You can have what Bob calls "mystery meat," which in Egypt is called kebab-lamb or chicken sliced from a vertical spit-very good in pita bread. Kofta is...Read this update A Felluca Ride Up The NileIn Aswan, a felluca, an ancient sailboat of the Nile, is a common means of transport up and down the Nile River. It has a broad canvas sail and...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 30, 2002 09:07 AM
TrackBack | Category: Best Places, Boats, Culture, Egypt, Excursions, History, Politics Cultivating Hate In ChildrenOn the same day that Arafat finally condemned the terrorism against Israel, his wife, who lives in Paris, granted an interview with an Arabic-language magazine, Al Majalla, wherein she...Read this update US News From EgyptNews in the International Press Subjects we have been reading about lately have often covered the European Union, deregulation of the labor market, global economic trends, immigration problems, agricultural pollicy...Read this update April 29, 2002A Coptic Christian GuideIn Luxor we did have a tour guide and it made all the difference. We were able to enjoy the sights without being constantly by the touts. A Coptic...Read this update April 28, 2002Driving & Cueing in EgyptDrivers have immense patience with each other-each car gives way to the others like a million fish in a school swimming this way and that...narrowly missing one another but gracefully...Read this update Diplomacy Egyptian StyleAs westerners we are not used to the constant demands for "baksheesh" (tipping) that make you want to blow your stack...and then they want you to be happy about it!...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 28, 2002 08:43 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, Egypt, Politics, Worst Experiences April 26, 2002Images of EgyptAll we have to offer regarding Egypt are images.Very little understanding. We were open; wanted to understand, feeling generous and happy. Smiling. Saying hello to everyone. Thinking we were making...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 26, 2002 08:35 AM
TrackBack | Category: Egypt, Politics, Trains, Travel Tips April 21, 2002CairoOn April 21, 2002 while waiting for our flight from Athens to Cairo, we visited briefly with a gentleman sitting next to us who was on his way to...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 21, 2002 08:26 AM
TrackBack | Category: Egypt, Expats, History, Hostels & Guesthouses, Politics, Taxis, Travel Tips April 20, 2002Leaving AthensOn our last day in Athens as I was checking email I struck up a conversation with an American guy next to me. He had been on a U.S. city...Read this update April 12, 2002Santorini & SifnosAs the ferry approached the island through the caldera you see a red-brown black and pumice grey terraced cliff face that looms hundreds of feet above the water with...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 12, 2002 09:05 AM
TrackBack | Category: Best Places, Boats, Climbs & Walks, Culture, European Union, Greece, Hostels & Guesthouses, Reading, Touching Experiences April 10, 2002Bob & The Greeks AgainBob had some more adventures on the ferry the morning of April 13th. He saw big cups and little espresso cups by the coffee machine and said he wanted a...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 10, 2002 11:07 PM
TrackBack | Category: Boats, Bob's Blogs, European Union, Funniest Experiences, Greece Stuck In A Train In NapflionTrain Trip to Nafplion The next morning we walked to Syntagma Plaza to took the metro to the port at Piraeus for departure to some of the Greek islands by...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 10, 2002 09:03 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Funniest Experiences, Greece, Touching Experiences, Trains, Travel Tips April 09, 2002Bob And The GreeksHow to Develop Your Patience by Traveling On the plane to Athens the stewardess came by with a refreshment cart and Bob, who was on the inside seat and couldn't...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 9, 2002 09:01 AM
TrackBack | Category: Bob's Blogs, European Union, Greece, Greece, Worst Experiences AthensLanded in Eletherios Venizelo airport and everyone clapped as is often the custom around much of the world. Took a one hour bus ride from the airport to Monastiraki...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 9, 2002 09:00 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Food, Greece, Hostels & Guesthouses, Restaurants, Touching Experiences St. Peter's HouseThe Vatican In 1965 I had missed seeing the Vatican because I refused to stand in line three hours. So we took the Metro across the Tiber River to the...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 9, 2002 08:55 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Food, History, Italy, Touching Experiences April 08, 2002Rome"Italy will return to the splendors of Rome, said the major. I don't like Rome, I said. It is hot and full of fleas. You don't like Rome? Yes, I...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 8, 2002 08:46 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Excursions, Funniest Experiences, Hostels & Guesthouses, Italy, Italy, Trains April 07, 2002Last Night In FlorenceApril 24, 2002 On the last day in Florence our room was booked by someone else and we had to move a few doors up the street to the Hotel...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 7, 2002 12:00 AM
Category: European Union, Hostels & Guesthouses, Italy, Music April 06, 2002DavidBob is going on a walking tour where he will learn how the Renaissance Medici family ruled and held onto their city as an independent state for three centuries in...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 6, 2002 07:11 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Excursions, Italy, Seven Must See, Touching Experiences April 05, 2002Serendipity FlorenceWell, we are in Florence, by serendipity, on April 5, 2002. By that I mean that we were on the train from Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera headed to...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 5, 2002 09:22 PM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Italy, Italy, Touching Experiences, Trains April 01, 2002Cinque TerreTook a train to the Cinque Terre (Five Lands..or villages) area on the northern Italian Riviera. The towns, jutting out into the Mediterranean and straight up the hills on...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on April 1, 2002 07:31 PM
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