cairo

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Doing the ABC's  website with India.  India says "Quick, Baba, ABC's"

 
With my mom at the Maadi Grand Mall in Maadi, Cairo (L) and

 
Asia at her school playground

And Asia the owl at her school play

 
Eden and Asia swimming

Cute little Eden

We went to Al Azhar mosque at sundown prayer time and waited in the back until they were done

The minaret from the Qalawun complex, about 13th century.

 
This is the Barquq mosque from the 14th century.  Absolutely stunning.

The 7th century Christian Church, known as the Hanging Church

 
Pictures from inside the Hanging Church

Heidi and I at St. George Cathedral, another Christian church in the oldest part of Cairo

 
It was very beautiful inside as well

 
Matthew and Heidi at the Naguib Mahfouz Cafe and all of us at the Barquq Mausoleum

 
My son Matthew at his office at the American University in Cairo

We celebrated Rachel's birthday on the felucca and she got a beautiful wood chest, too