Monday, December 1, 2008

Tuesday morning and another gorgeous day - due to be 75 and sunny. Last night we took a 3-0 loss to Ireland. Natalie, Claire and Olivia all played great but Ireland ran away with it. We set our sights on Italy this evening at 6. Yesterday afternoon I went with Dina to the Egyptian Museum to see the mummies and sarcaphaguses (sarcophagi?) The museum is enormous and filled with scarabs, amulets, mummies, heads of Nefertitti, Tut, Ramses and lots of Egytpian history, much of it from the 20 odd dynasties BC. Among the things I learned was that if a mummy had his arms crossed, it meant he was royalty. I hope to take more people pictures today and tomorrow (Pyramids and Feluccas - river boat on the Nile). For now, its just me at the Musuem. Squash has been televised on Egyptian TV. We have 2 more USA supporters joining us today, Peer Pederson - Natalie's better half - and Khaled Sobhy - Egyptian father of USA Junior Womans standout. Great to have them along. Salam!

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