Albert Debono

today was changing of the guard day!...we left the grand hyatt hotel and transferred ourselves to the ramsis hilton. Now i know reading the text you might be sarcastically say oooooooh!....but its a difference i tell you! the grand hyatt was majestic! Anyways glad it happened rather than sorry its over!..the hilton is still good ta!...however for anybody coming over i definitely suggest nothing less than what here are called the five star hotels... unless you are very but very brave!! After our last breakfast (during which we tried to eat double the value:P:P) we checked ot and left the baggage at the concierge in view of having booked a private tour to the citadel and the coptic area. First we went to the citadel, Achmed(NOT THE DEAD TERRORIST)a very well read, islam loving egyptologist was our personal guide and filled us in with some political history to put us in context for the tour. AT the citadel the feature was a big Mohammed Ali (NOT Cassius Clay)mosque where we l

Day 3 Today was quite relaxed....as if that’s news:P....but no I actually decided to take it easy during the morning since I was invited to lunch with the people at the conference Roberta was part of....so I could not say no....anyway would never have!:P So the morning went by without too many adventures, a small walk around the hotel, some tea...internet and lunch Afternoon I went for another walk after which I went to the hard rock cafe next door where i became Mr. Malta!!!!...the waitress asked me where I’m from ....and the charm went off i guess!:P she gave me a chair with an electricity point and free internet.....STOP IMAGINING! ...they were both advertised as available to whoever at the door! What was not written on the door was a reminder to yours truly that this is a paying venue!...after a dose of tea and giant onion rings i realised I had no money! No plastic, no cash!....oh blye me! At 530 we were due to be off to our first excursion! Together with some other con