Category: Cairo

  • Solo traveler with a backpack looking up at Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria on a sunny day, on a day trip from Cairo to Alexandria

    From Cairo to Alexandria in a Day: What Actually Fits

    Last spring, a friend visiting Egypt asked if she could go from Cairo to Alexandria for the day. I said sure, easy. She did all of it: the library, the catacombs, a long fish lunch by the water. Then she texted me from the evening train home: “I’m already sad. Why did I only give…