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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Guests in Town This Week - Christian Cairo

Day three of sightseeing.

We began at "Christian Cairo" where multiple Churches above a small cavern memorialize the biblical Flight into Egypt.
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Then it was on to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, the largest of Cairo's Islamic holy sites.
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Next we approached the Street of the Tent-makers for some fabric shopping.
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Along the route, we passed the hat factory and the pickle factoy.
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After bargaining our way through the bazaar at Khan El-Khalilli  we ended up at  Mahony's restaurant in the Khan.

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