Pizza and Snoozers (Aswan and Luxor Part 5)

After a full day, we found a restaurant to get some pizza. 

One little guy was a wee bit tired.

I cherish any moment I have a sleeping little one in my arms.

The pizza took awhile. So Sweet N was getting creative with the camera while we waited...

Back in the lovely hotel room, it wasn't long before we had another little one snoozing soundly.

Once the kids were asleep, we snuck down for a little adult time on the bank of the Nile.

Edfu Temple and Arrival in Luxor (Aswan and Luxor Part 4)

After our last night in this 'hotel', we drug our luggage down to the narrow street to load up our car.











Parking on this street was  interesting, to say the least. We may have left some marks on our car...



We hit the road. And it basically looked like this for a few hours. It is the desert, after all.

We arrived at our destination... Edfu Temple!



It is the most well preserved ancient temple. I can testify to that. Sadly, it's not on the tourist loop much anymore (not sure why) and it was pretty much just us.



They opened up the movie room and fired up the video just for us. We learned so much.



We did spend some time checking our shoes before the walk to the temple after the movie.



It's remarkable how much the kids could explore and climb.

Whew, exploring is exhausting.



Once we let a hundred flies join our family in the car, we took off to finish our journey to Luxor.



I love watching out the windows on adventures. So much to see.

Car treats! It's not an Oreo. It's a Forio!

We reached our hotel and I was overjoyed at how lovely it was. Happy to be in Luxor!

Same, but Different

Same, but different.

Nubian Village, The Dam, and the Market (Aswan and Luxor Part 3)

We woke in these ever-so-humble accommodations again. It was time to leave this 'hotel' and I wasn't sad about it!

It's always good to start an adventure day with good oral hygiene. Bonus if you complete your duties in pairs, starting on strangely placed toilets in a very African hotel.

We hit the road on a very hazy day. Where does this road go, anyway?

The destination was a Nubian Village along the Nile. And let me tell you, Nubia it was! We have been to Nubia, you see, so we know these things.

The homes are so unique. And lovely.

The doors and the colors. So nice.

The locals invite visitors into their home (for a cost of course, which naturally you don't know until you've finished your visit).

It was a home like so many we used to visit years ago. An open courtyard connected each of the other rooms.

This mother gave Sweet N some henna.

And fancied up the girls' hair.

We sat also with the grandmother and a couple of their children. They were all so comfortable, it was easy to see they had many like us visiting.

Even just seeing doors like these brings back so many nostalgic feelings...

Outside the gate I had even more flashbacks. This three year old boy in the desert is JUST like another little three year old who called the desert his home at that age...

This is that boy! What has happened?!

We meandered around the village. So much to see. (And watch out for!)

Our meandering took up up a hill.

To explore a dune...

Then back down to the local market.

\

Look, a branch of Carrefour all the way down here!

We found a man weaving.

He was very good at photographs also.

No, we didn't buy anything. He probably didn't like that.

Then we drove onto our next stop. The dam! 

I read all about it in the tour book, and we studied the signs. So interesting!

Too bad it was so hazy we couldn't' see much from up there.

I did see this adorable modern day Nubian Queen however.

The next stop was McDonalds for dinner. We didn't have THAT in the REAL Nubia though.

Poor tuckered fellow.

We decided to fit in one more thing before calling it a day. A carriage ride to the local market please.

 

We all feel so comfortable in local markets. It's remarkable. And Bridger was so tired he was basically acting drunk. It was very entertaining.

Here he found a small friend just his size.

Some local fuul sandwiches for a dinner. Yum. What a full, wonderful adventurous day.