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The Egypt Trip!

The visit to Egypt this year has an interesting story. Initially, I was supposed to have worked on the wedding taking place in January this year! But, a few weeks later after I blocked the dates on the project, I received a saved date along with my sister to attend the wedding. 

And so, we would rather attend the wedding. 

A couple of weeks ago, before we could travel to Egypt. We received another invite for a family wedding in Africa, Kenya.

Both of these countries were new to us and both of the weddings we wanted to experience. 

So, we travelled to Kenya first and then just before the reception function, flew to Egypt for the English wedding. 

Egypt as a country needs you to be attentive and wary of scams! The history of the country is too much to absorb right from the numerous pyramids and temples around the country to learning about The Mummy and the process of mummification. 

The detailing and sculpting in the temples were worth travelling to Egypt for. 

The weather was beautiful and pleasant. 

The cruise Amwaj from Luxor to Aswan was another cruise experience with meals and views from the cabins making our 2nd cruise experience another beautiful one. 

The 4-night 5 Day cruise was travelling across cities and temples, and staying overnight in cities to enjoy coffee and local experiences. 

Egypt was affordable too, being a hub and manufacturer for Giza and Egyptian cotton. The Coats and Clothes were well priced. 

The Egypt trip was smooth and well planned with inputs from a local travel agent Egypt Pro, recommended by a friend who has already been to Egypt a couple of times. 

Egypt should be visited at least once.

The only ancient wonder still standing strong and still the highlight for an Egyptian visit to the Pyramids.

The Grand Egyptian Museum( GEM) was so well-made and executed with all

Miniatures and actual replicas of ornaments& Statues. 

The technology too was utilised well

With the projection of the complete history of the different periods of Egyptian rule & development.  

Stay: 

Steignberger Tahir 

Le Meridien Airport 

Cafes: Cairo 

  • Brown Nose*
  • Groppi Garden- Chocolate*
  • Eish & Malh**
  • Walum * 
  • Granita*
  • Almeria cafe*
  • Cafe Riche*- oldest Cafe
  • Naguib Mahfouz cafe*
  • 30 North:*
  • Zooba: recently made its debut on the Middle East and North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
  • Social Speciality Cafe:( Zamalek) 
  • Vasko:
  • Sufi Cafe & Bookstore *
  • Lokali
  • Koffee Culture :
  • Mandarine koueider sweets 

Sightseeing in Cairo: 

  1. Islamic Cairo Museum 
  2. Gayer-Anderson Museum
  3. Pyramid of Giza
  4. The sphinx
  5. Cairo Tower 
  6. Manial Palace Museum
  7. Abdeen Palace
  8. The Coptic/ Mogamaa Al-Adyan Museum 
  9. The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

Luxor: 

  • Stay: Steinberger Nile 

Eat: Luxor

  • El Tarboush – Steinberger Nile Palace hotel
  • Sofra Restaurant & Cafe

Coffee: Luxor 

  • 911 Cafe
  • Rmallah Cafe 

Sightseeing in Luxor:

  • Hatsenshut temple 
  • Valley of the Kings 
  • Karnak Temple 
  • Luxor Temple

Sightseeing in Edfu: 

  • The Temple of Horus in Edfu
  • Komombo Temple 

Sightseeing in Aswan: 

  • Abu Simbel Temple 
  • Phele Temple 

Cafe: Aswan

  • Rustika
  • Makhani 

Travel: Egyptair direct flights from BOM-Cairo and return. 

FIFA 2018

The 21st  Edition of the World Cup that began in 1930 had  been full of surprises and Shocks. 

It began with Realising Italy wasn’t part of this edition for the first time in 60 Years  

Then Came the Saudi Arabian side who played their first ever World Cup in the 21st edition since the championship has been taking place. 

And Iceland had became the smallest nation to qualify in this year editions and had the Support of the country people came down to Russia for their Games. 

They did give it a fight,But weren’t really as good as the teams they were grouped with. 

But,This is just the beginning for them. 

From the World class team nations like Brazil– Who were as always expected to qualify from the group stage and Qualified for the Quarters were a complete disappointment.The Country that’s been 5 times Champions Had only one team player they were dependent on – Neymar. 

Argentina captain Messi -Messed up the game

Cristiano Ronaldo proved himself by Scoring Goals,But the Team did not Qualify to the next stage of Semi’s and the Dream of Ronaldo wining the cup must have ended forever. 

Uruguay proved themselves yet again.But France  was Better then them.

Spain was utter disappointment as they seemed overconfident against the host.

Sweden was a pleasant surprise. 

Germany the Champions of 2014 just did not have luck by their side.

With the Top 4 France,Belgium, Croatia and England part of the last stage, It seemed more like a Euro league with not a single South American team qualifying this time.

Croatia seemed like the Best side in the World Cup this time.As since 1998 was  the only time they appeared in the semi’s against France and 20 years later they played England and the 5 times they have qualified they hardly progressed to the next stage.

Belgium since the last edition of the World Cup has only become a better side as this time they qualified for the Semis and had some great come backs in the games which they nearly lost.But unfortunately couldn’t make it to the finals 

It’s was hard to believe the French  hadn’t won a title again until 20 years ago.The last time they came close to victory was in Germany 12 Years ago  and were Runner up’s.

The English Team- A team that’s not won in 52 Years. A team in the last 4 World Cup that  faced challenges to even qualify to the stages closer to the final one. 

This year too,The English team failed to qualify to final and even finished 4th .The wait will Continue. 

The Croatian team had reached the finals and it was hard to believe this side had played for the first time 20 years ago in 1998 when we saw them play and  they had finished 3rd In the competition.Now 20 years later they played the team they lost to in the semifinal of 1998 FIFA World Cup and my they were unstoppable but they couldn’t really win the World Cup.France was the Best. 

France coach Dider Deschamps is only the Third Man, after Mario Zagallo from Brazil who captained his side to two successive World Cup titles (1958& 1962 ) and 1970 as a coach and Franz Beckenbauer from Germany who won the cup for the team in 1974 &  in 1990  as a coach, to winning the Cup as a captain in 1998 and as a coach for the country in 2018.