Back at the Mids: Still in Awe

Exactly one week from today I will be doing as the Romans do, and not as the Egyptians do. With less than seven days left, clearly we are cramming as much as we possibly can in, still not quite ready to believe that we are all leaving here soon. Between my final days of classes (this past Monday) and my only day of finals (this upcoming Sunday), I have five days of no official academic commitments, so I am free. Free to lounge around and hang out with friends. Free to sleep. Free to procrastinate. I have set up goals for my papers and finals so that I can do one fun Cairo thing a day and study. Yesterday, I went to the Egyptian museum, which was rather disappointing, although the King Tut exhibit was pretty incredible. Much of the artifacts I simply have seen, in action, in temples, tombs and monuments elsewhere in Egypt, so just being thrown into a warehouse-museum with little or no labels doesn’t quite do it for me.

So with seven days left, we went back to the Pyramids, to say our goodbyes.

We got up early and were the first ones into the Pyramid complex this AM (yes!). We spent a little more than we bargained for but hey! how many times do I live in Egypt? We were there early enough to go inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, which if you recall from one of the posts the first week or so, is the only remaining ancient wonder of the world. It was incredible. We walked around all three of the huge pyramids and then took a camel ride to an incredible overlook (much better than the last time) and I managed to stay on the camel this time. Enjoy!