20 Oct 2020

MY CORONA ARMCHAIR TRAVELS - KARNAK (EGYPT)

In 2007 I was again in Egypt and this time I visited the Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt. You can read more about Karnak here in COUNTRIES & CITIES  

Probably now it looks diferent today more souvenir shops probably and a few camels, but at that time there were only tourists who were very interested in the old Egyptian history. 

And here are a few pictures




 









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19 Oct 2020

AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND OCTOBER 17



Tiny cat figurines out of my cat collection
 

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS

 

WEEKEND

What a boring weekend and everybody is in a bad mood ! On Friday our prime minister talked to the population as if we were 3 year old children. It's a new one because Mrs Willmes was only there for the first lockdown because we had no government. Now this one was chosen to avoid elections and I don't like the guy ! What a difference with the female Prime Minister who could speak in both languages without any accent (Dutch and French) and this one who in both languages talks in a boring way, which makes me sleepy ! Anyway I can't change the world and now since he has announced that restaurants, cafes and bars and snackbars will be closed for a months, people are all very angry. Nobody understands this strange logic : You can travel in full buses, trains and trams where people are squeezed together but not sit in a restaurant or bar where the distance is respected and lots of restaurants have made transformations so that people are safe. 

Therefore even on Saturday when the shops were open, the streets were empty I think nobody wanted to go out and was angry (like me) or completely hysterical of fear to get the virus. I have to say that it was his intention to scare people and there are always once who only listen and don't think.

I worked on my computer and watched a bit TV and then went to my friend who had the kidney surgery. She was angry too, because only one kidney was done, for the other it has to be done later, beds should be kept free for eventual Corona cases ! If I understand well all surgeries are postponed and you can die in peace while they have to keep the place for eventual Corona infected people. But in the News it sounded as if the hospitals would explode ! 

To comfort us, it was shown on television how the Funeral homes are already preparing for a coffin rush and also showed how the coffin was pushed into the blazing furnace. I call that manipulation ! Why do they want to scare people so much ?

Sunday it rained and I thought I make some photos again of our window view now that the leaves are changing colors, but sloly  mostly the trees are still green. 

My neighbor has brought me my paintings I had stocked in her garage and I managed to put them nearly all in the big box I had bought to put the garden furniture inside. There are a few paintings remaining which I will hang on the walls.



I discovered a play house for kids in a neighbor garden ! Had never noticed it.

For mid October it still looks quite green !


 And cat Rosie who sleeps her 23 h per day and has no Coronavirus problems !