While eating, I busted out my guidebook and decided on Luxor as my next destination. Later that night, I set out to find the Cairo train station on foot and ended up purchasing a ticket to Luxor departing 8pm the next night!
By the way, a funny thing about Egypt: no cars have their headlights on at night! The only time they even get turned on is when drivers flash them while simultaneously honking (and not slowing down for) pedestrians trying to cross the street.
The section of town I was staying in had all sorts of twisty storybook alleys. I felt like I'd walked right into a page from a story in One Thousand and One Nights.
As soon as I got back to my room, I jotted down a whole bunch of notes so I wouldn't forget any of the details of my museum "experience" and then decided to lay down for another nap. Cairo during the day is extremely hot, busy and soooo noisy and loud and a ten minute walk through town is enough to send your body into total sensory overload.
I woke up a little before midnight and decided to check out Cairo's streets at night and to try and find something to eat!
