We've had a couple of busy days and are now relaxing a bit here in Luxor on Sunday afternoon. I am sitting out on my balcony overlooking the Nile and the Valley of the Kings.
Saturday morning we had a leisurely breakfast as we didn't have to leave until 10:00 am. We toured the citadel and the Mohammad Ali Mosque. Mohammad, our guide, gave us a good introduction to the 5 pillars of Islam while we were in the mosque.
After lunch we spent most of the rest of the afternoon at the Egyptian Museum. We are learning so much about ancient Egypt and Mohammad referenced a lot of places on our itinerary throughout our time at the museum. The highlight was, of course, the King Tut treasures including his golf mask and coffin. We did a little math and figured out that the 111kg gold coffin is probably worth over $5 million!
After a short stop to learn about how papyrus paper is made, we drove to the train station for our overnight train to Luxor. On board we had room service for dinner in our train compartments (sounds glamourous, but is pretty much like getting served plane food in a private berth). Most said the train ride was interesting and were glad to have experienced it, but didn't get much sleep. A few in our group slept "like a baby." Good thing we have time to rest before our carriage ride this evening.
I am going to enjoy the great view and the warm sun and will update about our time here in Luxor tonight or tomorrow.
Before I sign off I was asked by one tour member to deliver this special message for him:
" Hi Kandie ,
I am missing you! I love you...xoxoxo"
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