After visiting the Coptic neighborhoods, we made our way to the Cairo market. It really is more of a grand bazaar. At this point, we were all very hungry and it had been a very long day of travel.

Our tour guide dropped us off at a cafe, this was on the outskirts of the market. However, that did not stop the hasslers from hassling us while we were trying to eat. They kept coming in to the restaurant, and it became obvious they had some type of agreement with the managers there.

I ended up finally purchasing a style of scarf that I had been eyeing for most of the trip. Figured it was our last full day, so why not!?

It would be easy to get lost within the Bazaar. I think there was a brief moment of where I was leading, and I think Andy had already sensed that I was going to get us lost. (I don’t blame him!) Thankfully, he pointed out my mistake before we got too far into the maze.

It was pretty funny to hear some of the lines the shop owners would throw out, “Shakira, Shakira!” or “Welcome to Alaska!” Very clever – “I only want your money!” “How many camels?” All sorts of quips and pick up lines that left us all laughing – or Googling what they meant later. 😂

Chelsea and Michael had to head to the airport that night – and were going to try to get a refund for the hotel. We offered our room for them to use to freshen up before heading to the airport. This worked out well because we needed to wait for our arranged Covid-19 test from the tour company.

They had advised us it could take an hour to an hour and half for them to make it to our room. We ended up messaging our original tour guide, Michael to see if he could find out when they were coming. As we had wanted to go to the rooftop bar to look around. They came shortly after and we were on our way to the rooftop.

Once we got up there, we quickly realized how loud it was. The hoste let us know that they were going to have a DJ that night. Not exactly the relaxing evening we were all hoping for, so we headed down to the lobby bar instead. There really wasn’t anything great within walking distance to our hotel, and to be honest, after all of the hassle during the bazaar we thought it would be easier to just stay put.

Chelsea and Michael headed to the airport and we turned in for the evening.

I’m obviously writing this from the United States, but in the next blog I’ll discuss our last day and our travel back to the USA!