There's something about always wanting to sleep in on the weekends that delays us from further exploring the impressive city we live in right now. Yet, we found out from some friends, who ride the same staff bus as us, making plans to go to the Egyptian Museum. Since they knew where they were going and how to get there, because we sure didn't know, they graciously let Dereck and I tag along with them.
We experienced riding the Metro (light-rail/subway) into the city. The cost is so cheap: 1 LE (1 pound) per trip which is equivalent to about 13 cents US. You can't beat that price!
Once we arrived at Tahrir Square, the closest Metro stop to the Egyptian Museum, we saw the square now known for its 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It's so weird to see an area on TV now in real life thinking I would never see it with my own eyes. That seems to be happening to me often during the past few months. Someone pinch me please to make sure I'm not dreaming all of this.
Tahrir Square
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| The pink building on the right is the Egyptian Museum. |
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| Keep in mind there are no pedestrian crosswalks. You create your own and dodge the cars. It gets your heart pumping. |
Then we went off to the Egyptian Museum. Lucky for us, we didn't have to pay the Foreigner Entry fee because of our Teacher IDs. Inside the museum, it feels cluttered, messy, and unorganized. You randomly see things and often they're not secured to maintain them for years to come. It was a vast difference having recently been to London and experience the extremely organized British Museum.
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| Sometimes the museum felt like a storage facility for the museum |
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| Just enjoying the artwork |
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| Our friend, Stacy, was a big hit with many locals as she always had a crowd following her and asking for a picture. We jokingly started calling her, "Ellen" since she's famous. |
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| All of these people were following Stacy around. |
Although the rest of us had people following us too and trying to take pictures, I was grateful for Dereck who, as the man, made sure we felt safe and secure. Sometimes it gets uncomfortable when too many people are trying to sneak a picture of you when you don't want it. It kind of gave me insight to how the stars feel about the paparazzi.
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| Diana and Dana posing for our camera |
After leaving the Museum we were heading to a restaurant highly recommended by locals for its authentic Egyptian food. We got stopped by a local who told us the restaurant wasn't open for another hour but that he knew of a good shop for us to go to authenticated by the government (I think this actually is a "scam" to try to get people to shop at their store as this happened on another occurance I went to the Egyptian Museum. Similar thing happened.)
We followed the guy to a little shop by the museum and saw some beatiful artwork, explored essential oil options, and glasswork. We were offered delicious Hibiscus Tea while at the store.
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| Our fellow bus-mates, Stacy, Dana, Diana, me, and Dereck is hidden |
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| Hibiscus Tea |
From there we enjoyed Authentic Egyptian food at Felfela. Sadly, I didn't take any picture there but the food was yummy!!! A great day out on the town!
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