Category: Travel

I have been horribly remiss in posting more about Zanzibar.  I manged to post FROM Zanzibar, and then only a SINGLE photo once I got home.  I apologize but am not sorry.  Things are quite hectic. So…here goes.  We were in Zanzibar for about 10 days for Spring Break.  One word: SPECTACULAR!!!  Hot, hot, hot,… Continue reading BackDraft: Zanzibar

We are sitting on Kendwa Beach on the northwest tip of Zanzibar.  We just finished lunch – I had a lovely fresh fish chiapati – and I have a few pictures. I have been dreadfully remiss in my posts.  I will try to go for short and more frequent, rather that posting a long and… Continue reading Tropical Bliss

They are, by no means, masterpieces (although some of them are works of art!) but I put together 3 pages of Paris photos. Click on the links below to see each batch. Paris Walks – loads of photos of all kinds of things we saw while meandering the City of Lights. Paris Museums – most… Continue reading Paris Photos

BRRRRRRRRRRR. Our Eid holiday in Paris (8 days in early December) was lovely and COLD. Gozi and I have not experienced anything verging on *real* winter since moving to Cairo. Paris in December was quite a shock to our systems! Yes – although the photo is TERRIBLE, that is SNOW. We walked the Rive Gauche… Continue reading December in Paris

I have multiple “back blogs” to post….it will probably not happen in the next few hours. We leave for nearly 3 weeks in Malaysia and Thailand in a few hours. Paris blogs and pictures will have to wait until we return. Adjunct to the discussions of Paris, my post about Egyptian wine will have to… Continue reading Happy Holidays!

Ramadan is over, the Feast (Eid) is now ending after 4 days of celebration, and a national holiday (6 October). Many AUCians “get the hell outta Dodge” during the Eid. In years past, we’ve been to Morocco and Lebanon. Friends have been to Thailand, Madagascar and other exotic places. For us, this year, we had… Continue reading Eid in Athens

We just got back from nearly 3 weeks of PURE vacation. This is very rare for Jack and me, since he has a “real job” and does not get the buckets of vacation that academics are afforded. THIS was a REAL vacation – neither of us did a single iota of work. It was incredible.… Continue reading The Wedding-Anniversary-Vacation Trip: Barcelona

After our cruise, we spent one night in Aswan before heading down to Abu Simbel. David Roberts litho reproduction (from: All About Ancient Egypt) The plans had been quite convoluted, and “arrangements” changed many times. The extra day in Aswan, although not a real “tourist-let’s-go” day, was nice for rest and recuperation. In trips past,… Continue reading Christmas Sights and Sites: Aswan to Abu Simbel and back