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Inside the Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 19 December 2011
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Alexandrian Archaelogical Tour
Blog: Knocking About Egypt - 9 February 2010
The next morning, I slipped out before anyone else had woken up. I had planned a full day of museums and sightseeing, and I wasn't sure the Austrians would be up for that. I also knew that if I ran into them at breakfast, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling them that I wanted to spend the day alone, so I had to slink out in the early hours like a bad daddy.Kom el-Dikka
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Evening in Alexandria
Blog: Knocking About Egypt - 8 February 2010
The Austrians and the pension owner, whom we will call "Hossein," delayed their trip to the duty-free shop to take me to my room. I had already agreed to take it sight unseen, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that it appeared to be clean enough. On the second night, I found a human toenail (the whole thing, not just a clipping) embedded in the blanket, so my first impression may not have been correct. I did at least recognize right away that the toilet down the hall was filthy beyond any further mentioning, but that's about par for an Egyptian pension.
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From Cairo to Alexandria
Blog: Knocking About Egypt - 7 February 2010
Ramses train station is chaotic, and the ticketing system seems unnecessarily complicated. There are separate ticket lines regimented by type of train, final destination, passenger nationality, and ticket class desired. The signs telling you which line is correct are exclusively in Arabic, including the numbers. It took all of my months of language training to find the correct line. It took that same training to understand that I had not actually found the correct line. Finally, it took away all of my pride to have to be led to the correct line by a patient station attendant.
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