Margaret has planned a big vacation tour of Egypt and Cairo – and Cairo is a huge and populous city where the traffic is always crazy but the views are amazing. Our drive took us past so many mosques, churches and other interesting buildings, past so many apartment buildings, and eventually to our goal of pyramids! The sky as you see in the first photo is also often not clear, but I think it might be sand/dust rather than smog …
On our way to Egypt, we stopped overnight in Barcelona partly to make the flights easier but also so we could visit the weird Sagrada Família building – this is the Gaudi designed building that’s been under construction for nearly 150 years!
Even flying in to Barcelona, Sagrada Família is quite distinctive in the city:
We arrived in the late afternoon, staying at a hotel close by and took a walk to look at the exterior:
The next morning we returned, with tickets to be able to see the inside …
I’ve collected photos of our three cats from 2025; as you see they are living a great life!
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