Tour guide humor

As much as I've improved with typing all this with two thumbs on the phone, it is still a bit slow so forgive us if we give up trying to keep the blog strictly chronological.
So stepping back to Cairo, we had a driver and a guide who were both great. Melanie already commented on the driving, which really is too intense to put in words. Having a guide was also incredibly helpful.
The first day in Egypt we went to the Cairo Museum which in itself was an amazing experience. Earlier on the blog I posted a picture of .our guide Muhammad and I standing in front of the oldest synagogue in Cairo. This in turn was next to an ancient Coptic church. The story of the church was that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus hid in the cellar of the church after they fled from Nazareth. The current building I think dated from the 6th century and included icons dating back before the 12th century and stands over the catacombs where they hid.
The Synagogue is reputedly next to where Moses was found floating in the basket. Besides touring the building, we got to go up on the bima and look at the Torah Scroll as well as examine the other art of the place. It is also reputedly the only synagogue in existence with a tomb in it. The tomb is of the man who bought the property for the synagogue. I will bring home some pictures I bought from the place! Including a picture of some art from the walls. In one, the word for
God written in Hebrew, when turned upside down spells Allah in Arabic.
So anyway, on the next day, while touring the Sphinx, Muhammad was telling us how the area had been Americanized, and sure enough across the street fro$ the Sphinx was a Pizza Hut and a KFC. He went on to explains the in Cairo, KFC was translated as Chicken, Cat, and Camel
At one point a Chinese woman was walking and talking with us. Muhammad
asked how to tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese tourists: Chinese have one camera, Japanese have two.
We also got to see a demonstration of papyrus making and visit a Egyptian essence (of flowers) shop complete with Egyptian hospitality.
My thumbs are tired.
David Zimet