Verdi's Aida in Cairo, Egypt

#2 on my wonderful travelling list was to watch the annual performance of Verdi's Aida at the Cairo Opera House in front of the Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. I'll start with where to stay in Egypt. After some research, I decided that I would stay at the Nile Hotel because it was very well rated and because it overlooks the Nile River which is a must when your going to Egypt. For the most part, it operates like a normal hotel. I would stay in just a regular room, no fancy suites or anything like that, because I'm not sure I would want to spend that much time in a hotel when I'm in one of the most interesting cities in the world. But I would want to sightsee...
 I would start with  some monuments. The first on that list is the Alabaster Sphinx. This is different from the Sphinx your probably familiar with. This one is smaller, coming in at 26 ft long and 13 ft tall. Who this Sphinx was built for is unknown though it is thought that is Amenhotep III who built the Luxor Temple. What makes this sphinx different is that it was made with Alabaster, or Calcite, which was thought to have solar connections by the ancient Egyptians. Now as far as the show at the Cairo Opera House, Aida is showing in January 2012, the 27th through the 31st. And it is being shown in their Main Hall, as it should be. For those who don't know, Aida is the story of a Nubian princess who gets captured by Egyptian guards, and becomes a slave to the Pharaoh in Egypt. She then falls in love with the Captain Radames who is the son of the evil Pharaoh Zoser who wants to take over as the main Pharaoh of Egypt by killing the current Pharaoh. However, Captain Radames is supposed to marry Princess Amernis. But he falls in love with Aida, and they are both put to death for unlawfully being in love. At the end of the opera, Amneris becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and brought Egypt to a period of peace because of the love Radames and Aida had shown her. Well thats all for now. Until nexr time, Stay Lovely!