October 2010
6 posts
The Citadel
The next day after the carpet school, we headed to the Citadel. I absolutely LOVED these lights inside. GORGEOUS. The whole thing was beautiful, and very serene. My outfit for this day was my Zara white button down, Zara Belt, and J.Crew pants. Scarf by Zara, and I hand sequinced gold sequins on it, while enduring the long flights!xxox Nora
The Carpet School of Cairo
Part of our trip that day back to Giza was to see the Carpet School of Cairo, upon my request. Here, the government has set up a school/business to keep the tradition of wool and silk carpet making alive in Egypt. Each year, parents send their children to the program so that they can learn this art, they have a small amount of hours in which they are actually working throughout the week, and...
The Red and Bent Pyramids
Believe it or not, Egypt has a about 150 pyramids in the country. Many of these are overshadowed by its Pyramids of Giza, and many tourists sometimes don’t even know that they exist. We made the trip to see some of these other famous pyramids, and along the way saw some great things; like this picture I took of these men and their amazing gray outfits. My outfit for the second day was...
Sometimes you just have to do the cheezy stuff...
Here we are across the street from our hotel the next day at the actual Pyramids of Giza. It was unbelievable to see these in person finally, I put them up there on my top ten list. (so far my #1 sight has been Venice, Italy.) The funny thing about my head wrap (scarf from Zara) is that an Egyptian man came up to me telling me I had it all wrong, and then continued to wrap my head himself into...
