36 Hours in Alexandria (David)

A couple of weeks ago, E, Amy and I went off to Alexandria (A was at a birthday party).  I needed to get out of town and have a little break and we hadn't been to Alexandria yet.  We wanted to take the train up and back, but by the time we got our act together there went any tickets up, but there were some for coming back.  Fine.  Hired a car to take us up and the train to come back.  And the adventure started.

We reserved one night stay in a neat older hotel right on the Cornish and Mediterranean Sea, with a terrance cafe.

The drive up was long.  Too long.  Traffic increased near Alexandria, but we had some pretty fun sites.

The hotel was great.  Views were lovely!

View of Corniche and Harbor from Hotel

View of Corniche and Med. Sea from Hotel

Gelatto

Great Sweat and Coffee Shop

Cotton Candy for Sale

Harbor

E and the Sea

Man smoking Sheesha on the waterfront

Tomb - a lot of Roman influence

Street of Alexandria, blue are tarps covering tables of items to sell

Bummers For Sale

Roman pillar and Egyptian sphinx - cool to see together

Catacombs

Catacombs

In the Catacombs, notice more "full" images showing Roman influence

Market

Market ... Yes Ostriches 

Along the waterfront - Mediterranean Sea

Train to go home

Ruins from the lighthouse at Alexandria

Morning from the carriage ride - Amy's favorite color blue

On the train from the window ... Nile Delta ...

Boats along the Corniche

Streets

View from Carriage

Market

Juice Stand

View from Train

Main Square

Hotel from Carriage

Cool Mosaic Wall 

Learning Egyptian Dominos

Morning Cup of Coffee

Happy

Market

View from carriage - tram and street