June 27 - Luxor

OK, not much happened today except that Joe and I flew from Cairo to Luxor first thing in the morning. Luxor is on the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes, and consequently houses some amazing monuments and burial sites. More on this in coming blogs.

Probably the only interesting thing about today was going over to a place near to Karnak Temple called the Genesis English Pub to watch England get bounced 4-1 by Germany and then later see Argentina dismiss Mexico 3-1. The Genesis Pub was just a strange place in general. The sign outside promised Drink! Dancing! Food! Swimming! Inside, it was a dark, gloomy pub with an old, overheated Great Dane roaming around and a slow-moving and dry Ukrainian waitress serving the local beers. The food was decent; I had a pizza with an unusually thick and sweet crust and Joe had some grilled meat which turned out to be OK. Other than that, there was half-decent football and we were in Egypt. What else could anyone ask for?