After renewing our passports at the new General Administration of Passports office in Abbassiya, we decided to walk back toward Khan el-Khalili and perhaps stop for dinner if we found a restaurant. We walked toward the Abbasia Metro Station (Wikipedia, businesses and the Metro differ on the English spelling.)
On the way to the passport office, we had noticed a couple of "pop-up" shops selling Ramadan lanterns and other merchandise for the coming month of fasting.
Ramadan is predicted to begin in just over two weeks on March 11 dependent upon the sighting of the moon by the appropriate Islamic committee. All of the major streets now have shops selling fanoos (lanterns), brightly colored fabric and other decor for the season.
Linda visited the shop and found a couple of gifts that we will bring to friends. She was assisted by several young men staffing the shop.
While Linda shopped for merchandise, I looked over the bread baking operation across the street. I always enjoy watching the band-oven turning out fresh fragrant loaves.
Our next stop was at an outdoor cafe/coffee shop where we had a delightful "lamoon" (lemonade)
Watching for restaurants along El-Abaseya street we skipped the opportunity to stop at Heart Attack Hamburgers and Chicken, having had two heart attacks already, and opted for dinner at Taj Indian Restaurant. We give it five stars!
Across the street from the Taj, we noticed a veterinary shop which had a great selection of cat food for our two temporarily adopted building cats. We even found a few cans of Fancy Feast, always a favorite but pricey treat for our cats. It's a special treat during our stay.
We continued on through narrow streets until we reached the old city wall at Bab al-Futuh well after dark and from there we taxied home.
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