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ly apartment (you can See Pyramide from their terract!) and it led to so many interestinj; things. He is the kind of diplomat we can be proud of.._likes Egypt sb much, is so well informed, speak* excellent Arabic. 'She’s a diplomat too, for she is thoroughly charming. That afternoon was one of) the nicest I’ve spent here, and ll’ve enjoyed them all . . . The ]£qyptian man I .mentioned is studying at ' Cairo cH^but previously spent 4 years studying in Moscow and is now hoping to come to .\merica. Brilliant.

Next morning we went to Gaza and since August is the lowest point of the tourist season, we had the Pyramids practically to ourselves. They arc one sight the post cards do not over estimate. The giant Sphinx, all-knowing and allpowerful, looked very impressive to me. After Giza to Groppi’s, which surely must' be one of the most cosmopolitan cafes in the world. At each table people of different nationality—a wider range even than New York. Cj)n Saturday, a morning for shopping,, you can’t imagine how different it is to shop here. For each item, or each operation, there is a different shop. Later a luncheon at Regent’s, •one of Cairo’s better restaurants, but the food here is pot overwhelming. This may be due to die fact that it is hot and jl’ve little appetite, but even the locals say the food is not impressive. By the second day I decided to throw caution to the wind and discovered their many enjoyable foods_.„delicious melons and mangos and friut juices.

Then yesterday, Sunday, a most heavenly day. I was invited to go with some Swiss Embassy people to a picnic on the Suez, We left ‘ Cairo at 7 a.in. and drove about three hours through lovely country side. This is Egpyt as onp pictures it in the Bible stories: buffalo working in the fields, people everywhere, quiet rest houses,| etc. We crossed no desert, since jthis road followed a branch of the Nile. The fields were green as far as one could see, each field lined with magnificant giant palm j trees. I had always thought of Supz as just a place where the boats wjent thru. It is a most beautiful report area. We went to Smylia, a town above the town of Suez itself and head