Cairo tour

Today we have a guide that took us on a tour of old Cairo. Cairo sights have nothing to do with ancient Egypt - it was founded in Middle Ages, and there are layers of Islam and Christianity. First, we went to the Citadel and the beautiful mosque that was built to rival the blue mosque in Istanbul. Then we have to see a number of Christian sites which are called Coptic Christianity. Coptic’s actually just means Egyptian. There are a number of beautiful churches and in one of tnem there is a cavern where it is believed that Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus stayed on their way form Israel. There is also one main synagogue from the 14th century. Its not allowed to take pictures there, but in ten courtyard there is a small well area where it’s believed that Moses was as found in the basket flowing down the creek. After the tour we had late lunch in a beautiful rooftop terrace restaurant with the view to many mosques and madrasas. Then we saw some more mosques and a 15th century hammam. Overall, Cairo is hectic, dusty, overcrowded and with crazy traffic, but also very interesting!Read more