Lace at the Gezira Palace

wow! lots of great photos from you, marilyn :) were you looking in every nook and cranny for more ops ;) you are very observant.

happy holidays and best wishes for a great new year to you and your family! :D

Fantastic shot Marilyn, the details and the light and shadows makes this picture remarkable. I like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy new year. Season greetings, Bart.

Thank you, Brian and Bart. This was so lovely in the late afternoon light that I simply had to try to find a photo angle when we got back to the hotel.

Yes, I said hotel. The Gezira Palace, "created for Empress Eugenie of France when she attended the opening of the Suez Canal in 1896," now forms the central part of the Cairo Marriott Hotel! Most of the guest rooms are in modern towers at each side of the original palace.

Brian, there are so many "standard shots" of the places we visited--and so many "standard shots" being taken by members of our group--that neither the Panoramio world nor I personally needed more. Thus I was stimulated to "look for the picture" wherever I went.

Thank you for your good wishes. May your holidays be joyful and your new year full of more wonderful photos! Marilyn

Hello Marilyn.

This is very nice capture. I like the warmth and composition and overall feel of the image. I have been following along and enjoying the trip very much.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours, Larry

I wish you and your family warm season's greetings, Marilyn! It looks like you are quite far from home, and this is a lovely Christmas Eve photo. Happy New Year and let's hope it brings us closer to peace and global unity. -alicia

Wonderful picture Marilyn! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, my very best wishes! Jurgis

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Here is my X-mas Card to you Here is my X-mas Card to you

Greetings from Iceland. Sig Holm.

What a beautiful shot, Marilyn! You captured so many great details of the ornaments and even the shadows are very, very beautiful! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Cheers, Anne

Leave it to you Marilyn to give us a photo where the frame has more interest than the "inside." What a great way to handle the detail of the passage way. It's just perfect!

Hank

What a beautiful shot, Marilyn.I love the lace of the frame reflected in the shadows of the inner side.The hotels from 18th century are everywhere so interesting.

My best whises for a Happy New Year to you, Hugh and the whole family. Daniela

Thank you, Larry, Alicia, Jurgis, Sig, Anne, Hank, and Daniela. I'm glad you, too, were attracted by this. Usually we returned to our room through the building, but I'm very glad that this time we took the outside route! Greetings, Marilyn

Superb shot...as always.:D

Beautiful shot!!

Many thanks, eme jota and Angel & Susana.

Well done and like Patrick

How nice to see. We lived there, in Zamalek, for 2+ years about 30 years ago and we went to the hotel often. Very nice memories.