Our last day in Alexandria, and our last night in Egypt.We started the day by visiting the Citadel which was great then we went to the Museum which was a bit boring.I think we are over museums after all our time in Egypt.There were a few interesting pieces there though but we only needed half the allocated time to see the whole thing.Next was the long drive back to Cairo.We stopped just past the half way mark and there was a small shop that had a really good rang...

Today was the day that I had been really looking forward to, visiting El Alamein (the war museum and cemetery) and today was also the day that my cold really set in.Great timing!It was about an hour and a half's drive and the museum was very old fashioned and kitschy inside but the letters home from the Aussie diggers we beautiful to read.Outside you could see some trenches and different types of vehicles, guns and a plane.The war cemetery was unlike any I have s...

So this Day began on the train and once we finally got off the train (3 hours late) we were taken to the Pyramids hotel for breakfast.This was a complete waste of time as we had already eaten on the train and because we got to the hotel at lunch time we went to a restaurant out by the pool where they had moved some of the pastries and bread from the mornings breakfast buffet.At least we only stopped for 30 min, and then we were on the bus for a three hour drive t...