Hi all long time no type.
So much to tell but only 15 minutes until my time runs out so here I go. Deep breath....
Right now I am back in Cairo - this is my last day and I intend to wander around the Egyptian Museum again in the afternoon. A massive thanks to all for the lovely emails I got, it makes me so happy to read about what you are all doing. When I last wrote I was on my way to Alexandria which was loads of fun. I wandered around the streets and hung out in the great library for the whole afternoon. The library just opened in 2006 - it is huge, so full of knowledge and potential. It was great to sit down and watch all the students studying and learning things I know nothing about chatting away to each other, just being normal people, doing everyday things. The hotel we stayed at was right next to the Mediterranean Sea. It gave me a thrill just being near a sea that has so many stories to tell. From the great voyages of the Greeks and Romans, to the civilisations that have lived by it. And just on the other side of that great expanse of water is Greece, Italy, Turkey, France and Spain.
It is interesting, Alexandria is more famous for its people and stories then the monuments that are still standing today. It is a new city with a great shadow.. everything seems to echo the past. The ancient light house and the great library are both gone, buried under the new city. Even the great writers, poets and artists that were all to drawn to Alexandria are gone, but yet their spirits linger. I can see even now, why they were pulled here. It is hard to explain but being in Alexandria makes me want to read great works and to write poetry, to "learn and keep on learning". To absorb the beauty of things to be creative. I don't know why.. if it is the sea that is still the center of life. Not only does it feed us fresh and beautiful sea food, but it has it's own life force. Everybody is drawn to it. To walk, sit, fish, chat by the sea. 'Lovers hand in hand' stroll down the lane of oblivion, their eyes reflecting the moon.'
TTFN (ta, ta, for now)
Cush
