Tuesday, December 29

Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids, and more pyramids! Again, go to Nancy’s blog for more details. We visited three separate sites: Dashur, Saqqara, and Giza. Each site has different types of pyramids, built in different styles and centuries, but all fascinating.

Dashur - Red Pyramid, steps to entrance

Dashur – Red Pyramid

Dashur – Red Pyramid

Dashur – Red Pyramid, Jacob at base

Dashur – camels are cool, weird creatures

Dashur – Bent Pyramid (not allowed any closer)

Saqqara – Step Pyramid, Reid

Saqqara – Step Pyramid

Saqqara – Step Pyramid renovations

view of Giza pyramids from Saqqara

view of Dashur pyramids from Saqqara

Giza – Great Pyramid, Jacob on left

Giza – Great Pyramid

Giza – Great Pyramid, Jacob & Rachel

Giza – Jacob’s camel ride

Giza – the second pyramid

Giza – Sphinx and pyramids

Whew! What a day! It was so good to get back to the apartment and relax. Reid made the day even better by making his famous homemade macaroni and cheese for dinner. Some of the best times we’ve had here have been just sitting down to eat together or playing games in the evenings. More than being tourists, it’s just fun to be with Andrew, Nancy, Rachel, and Miriam and being part of their lives.