Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Alexandria

I went to Alexandria over the weekend on an AUC-sponsored trip. We saw the sites: Qaitbay, the Catacombs, the Roman Amphitheatre, and the Library of Alexandria. Qaitbay is a citadel on the Mediterranean Sea, and it is situated where the Lighthouse of Alexandria used to be. The views of the sea from the fortress were incredible. The Catacombs and the Roman Amphitheatre were cool. It's amazing how entire structures are swallowed by the earth over time. I wonder what is underneath some parts of Cairo. The library was huge! At first I thought that we were going to visit the original library. It turns out that it was destroyed hundreds of years ago. The library that I saw had been built in 2002, and it was awesome!

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