Recent News
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New Metro Store in Luxor -CHAOS!
Metro Supermarket opened in Luxor last night…..much to everyone’s delight and mine….until I tried to buy some stuff there today! It’s fantastic….cheaper prices across the board, great selection of everything from fruit to household cleaners BUT especially welcome to me […]
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”….until recently I only thought of this saying in the context of the fury of a woman being ‘dumped’ by a man. On looking it up I found the full phrase to be […]
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Egypt – Dishonesty & Thoughtlessness – Has it gone too far?
Somewhere, sometime, someone taught me the futility of voicing a problem or a complaint without also being able to provide the solution. It is an exercise I still try to practice today – though I must admit that my present […]
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Watching Paint Dry……and dry……and dry…….an………
Watching paint dry and watching people at work in Egypt – sometimes not much difference between the two for the watcher. Depending on how I choose to look at it and if there are other tasks awaiting my attention determines […]
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Birrell Beer leaves a bad taste!
2010 Birell ad “Don’t try explaining anything to any woman…..they are all too stupid to understand…Drink Birrell non-alcoholic beer!” My arabic is not good enough to understand all the ads on tv here (Egypt) but this time I had someone […]
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I watched TV and ended up with a hotel in Egypt!!
Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland – sometime in the 1980’s – a ’20 somthing’ Irish mother settles down with her husband and two young children to watch a weekly TV show called “Hotel” starring James Brolin and Connie Sellecca. The hotel […]
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Cairo Airport – Lost Luggage Problems
I have had a guest at Mara House in Luxor for 3 days…..he personally checked in 2 pieces of luggage at Cairo Airport with Egypt Air around 3pm on the 17th May. A few hours later he arrived in Luxor […]
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