(photo by Dan)
I still haven't finished my run-down of our Egypt trip this summer. I owe y'all a few more posts. Here's one.
While in Egypt, we took a day trip to Alexandria and visited that city's famous library. Strangely enough, I found myself in the cookbook section while wandering around in there!
1. Hotel Breakfast - savory pastries, juice, grapefruit, mystery dessert.
(photo by Dan)
2. We ate cookies on the train.
(photo by Dan)
I touched the Mediterranean Sea!
Our cabbie spoke just enough English to get us to Abou Ashraf, which Adam had recommended as the best place to get an early dinner of fresh fish.
The tables were in a sort of alley between several buildings.
This (above) is all food we didn't order. It comes with the meal.
(photo by Dan)
(photo by Dan)
3. Abou Ashraf - Oh my. Dan and I ate soft-shell crab, fish, and shrimp (all fresh and picked out by us from the iced displays before being cooked and brought to our table). They were accompanied by many mezzes -- breads, spreads, salads, eggplant, and more.
We had a sort of frightening adventure after this meal, as it turned out not only that there are two train stations -- only one of which features trains going to Cairo -- and not many cab drivers who speak much English in Alexandria, but the trains back to Cairo were completely sold out that night. Luckily, we hooked up with a Chinese-Canadian family (they spoke Chinese and English fluently) who let us tag along as they tenaciously discovered a cab driver who would take all five of us to the bus depot for a bargain price. There, we just managed (1 minute to spare!) to get on a bus to Cairo so that we could return to our hotel for the night. Yikes!!
p.s. One more adventure to recount - I was a leetle confused while in the bathroom in the Alexandria library. I think the hose that sprayed (clean) water all over the wall when I tried to flush the toilet was some sort of hand-held bidet nozzle. I never did figure out how to flush.
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