EGYPT

Suez Canal photos now posted on gallery. Full day transit - 101 miles in balmy weather.

Alexandria - Opted to visit the site of the famous WWII battle at El Alamein between Montgomery and Rommel. Not much to see but desert though we visited a museum and the major war memorial plus the Italian and German memorials. Fascinating drive west of Alexandria along the Mediterranean coast, where there are thousands of “new city” resorts. Quite a contrast to the city of Alexandria. Tough choice - El Alamein or a quick look at the Pyramids; I chose the battleground in deference to my new book about WW II, though the letter writers were involved not in this battle but in the battle for Tunisia further west in North Africa. Maybe I'll come back to see the Pyramids someday.