After Bucharest — Cairo and Saqqara

Step Pyramid of Djoser; Saqqara, Egypt

After Ursula and I departed Bucharest, Romania, we headed off to a destination we hadn’t visited since 1984 — Cairo, Egypt. This would be our first stop in Egypt for continuing south to Aswan for a Nile River cruise. And upon our arrival at the Mar Chabel Hotel, while we waited for the front desk staff to find our reservations (and waited… and waited…), Ursula booked us on a tour for the next day. This tour would take us first to Saqqara, an ancient necr...