Accommodations – We Discovered This

April 19, 2019January 7, 2021

The Old Cataract Hotel

There are hotels, and then there is the Old Cataract… It was nearing the end of the 18th century and Thomas Cook & Son had a problem. Their problem, oddly enough, was that their Nile steam ship enterprise was doing just a little too well and their guests didn’t want to go home. More and … Continue reading The Old Cataract Hotel

April 16, 2019December 20, 2019

Mena House

“It happened – the first time – at Venice. She was there at Danielli’s. I thought it was just coincidence. Rather embarrassing, but that was all. Then, we found her on board the boat at Brindisi. We – we understood that she was going on to Palestine. We left her, as we thought, on the … Continue reading Mena House