One of the best experiences so far: During our spring break here last week Kathy and I went to Cairo. A life-long dream for me has been to visit the pyramids. They are even more spectacular than I thought. A couple of years ago I was in Rome and was in awe of the Collesium, 2000 years old. At that time the Romans would travel to Egypt to see the pyramids, which were 3000 years old. In other words, they were looking at artifacts that were the equivelent of us viewing artifacts from 1000 BC. The pyramids themselves are so massive that it's hard to imagine how they could be built without modern technology. And as a reading professional, to view the hyrogliphic texts, so spiritual and rich with meaning (if a bit obsessed with death) was humbling. In addition, there is far more than I thought, just around Cairo. And from what I now know, the better antiquities are in Luxor and Aswan. More to see, I'll just have to take some additional trips.