Day 3 - June 23, 2008

We are in EGYPT! I can't believe that we are here. After two long days of flying we are here. We woke up and met up with Charlie and went to breakfast. We then had a short sacrament meeting and did introductions. Brother Gunnerson also talked to us about the Egyptian temples and how they are so similar to our temples today, but that they didn't have the proper authority. It was really intriguing to see how similar. Then we got on the bus and saw the city of Cairo. It wasn't as colorful as what Monica and I are used to seeing, but it looked pretty plain and impoverished. Then every so often you'd see this beautiful building.

Our first stop was the Mohammud Ali Mosque (no not the boxer). It's a place where the muslims worship. We had to take off our shoes to show respect and also Monica was too scandalous with her wardrobe and had to wear this awesome cape.

The Mosque itself was huge and very pretty with stain-glassed windows and mosaic ceilings.

There was also a really nice view of Cairo from the Mosque. This is only a small part of the city.

Then we went to the Cairo Museum where there were tons of ancient artifacts and the treasures of King Tut. It was awesome to see all the artifacts that were found in just his tomb. The way they found King Tut's tomb was pretty crazy. Some photographer guy was taking pictures and his tripod got stuck in a hole. When he pulled some rocks out he could see that below were stairs. Those stairs led to the tomb of King Tut. We couldn't take any photos inside so sorry nothing to show.

We then had lunch on the Nile River. We were kind of grossed out that we were eating by a bacteria infested river. We made othe best of it and enjoyed being in the shade with a breeze.

We then went to a jewelry shop where Monica got a cartouch necklace. Charlie and I settled for cool Egyptian display plates.

Then that night we flew to Luxor and the best part was Monica and I were in 1st class! When we got on Gabriel, our guide was sitting in the first seat and so we gave him a hard time about being in 1st class and then Monica told me we were sitting right behind him. We were stoked! Too bad it was only an hour flight, but we were served a meal with unlimited drinks and had big, comfy seats with awesome remotes and games to play. Our group pretty much hates us since we got hooked up. Apparently all the coach seats were filled so we got bumped. It was awesome. Charlie was pretty bitter and said that not only did they not eat that they threw water at him. We even got hot towels! We were living the dream!

We got to our hotel and after dinner went for a walk at a nearby marketplace. Since Charlie still didn't have his luggage we went shopping for a shirt. As we walked down this aisle of markets, we soon realized it didn't take much to excite the Egyptian men. They thought Monica and I were both the wives of Charlie, who of course was loving it. They even said they would give him two Egyptian women for one of us. He almost made the trade! This one guy even yelled "I'm double 0 7." We weren't quite sure why he said that, but it was quite entertaining for us. Then we went back to our hotel and tried to sleep on our really hard beds.