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Randy and I have been to Cairo a few times, but never with the kids. Fun fact we actually got engaged in Cairo, and because I love a throwback I dug this beauty out for you. Here we are the last time we were at the pyramids, 12 years ago! Randy took me to the pyramids and asked the camel driver in egyptian to take us somewhere where we would be alone. There was only one camel for me and one horse for Randy, I was convinced one of us was going to injure ourselves. But we made it out to a sand dune where we got off to sit for a bit. Randy started reading from the guide book that this exact spot was where Mark Anthony proposed to Cleopatra, just as I turned to him to ask how on earth he knew which of the hundreds of sand dunes was the right one he pulled out a beautiful ring. I was so surprised it took me a few seconds to say yes 🙂

For spring break this year we decided to take the kids to Egypt. We have wanted to go for years and the timing was never right. The timing wasn’t great this time either but we decided to go for it. Because of Covid we couldn’t see any family but we at least got to show the kids Egypt. They have been watching archeological shows in Egypt and are super into mummies and the history and we were all excited to explore everything. We started with a few days in Cairo and of course had to take them to the pyramids! We would never have imagined all those years ago we would come back all these years later with three kids!

11 tears later, back in Giza!

I of course was worried about how the kids would fare in a heat wave, during Eid when there weren’t many options for food, during Covid, when, when, when. And as always everything worked out great. We had a guide who made everything easy, we had plenty of snacks, we did have to buy cheesy tourist hats for the sun but the kids loved them and everyone was happy despite the heat and loved everything about seeing the pyramids. We climbed a little bit of the big pyramid then went out to ride some camels! Adam even got to ride the same camel that Obama rode! He was pretty excited about it.

With just this as our whole day I woud have been happy but we had a whole other part of our day planned. We went to the oldest pyramid in Egpyt, the step pyramid in Saqqara, near the city of Memphis. They loved every minute of it. They loved they museum, they loved the artifacts, they loved the hieroglyphics, and most of all they loved getting to go down into a real life pyramid and climb into a sarcophagus. It is so amazing to see these places not only through my own eyes but also through their eyes, knowing they will never forget these moments. My favorite part was probably when the guard came over and I was sure he was going to tell me to get my kids out of the sarcophagus but it turned out he was enthralled by Malcolm’s polaroid camera and asked if I would take a picture of him posing by the sarcophagus. Of course I did! I kind of wished I had taken a picture of his happy smile holding the polaroid photo.

Five tired and dusty but happy Alis!

After all that we headed back to the pool to relax for a bit and then got dressed for a yummy dinner in Zamelek. Perfect day in Cairo!