Today was our last day of touring, it has gone so fast.
The first stop was the fish market, sounded like a strange place but it was interesting (not smelly). There was no cod or haddock, but many strange, colourful, large fish plus octopus, shrimp and calamari. We saw two fish jump out of a tray onto the floor and jump and wriggle - now that is fresh!
Next stop was Old Town (a UNESCO site). Lots of old buildings here, being renovated, it’s an awesome place. It will be a real treasure when they are done. We popped into a shop selling all sorts of sweets and chocolates- sample anything you like for free - buy or don’t buy - my kind of place.
We just happened to bump into The Culture Minister while there, and our guide Khalid knew him so there were hugs, kisses and an invitation to view the bottom floor of an old house that wasn’t open yet (we are so lucky to have him, he seems to know so many people and makes things happen). We saw the stairs to the second floor, they were very shallow, apparently camels loaded with goods used to go up them and were unloaded upstairs.
After that we went into an old building that housed a coffee shop, for a little break.
We then went to The House of Islamic Arts, housed on an upper floor of a shopping mall. After that it was a group lunch in a Turkish restaurant (our last meal together). We were then dropped off at the hotel for a couple of hours before meeting at 5 pm to go to Al-Taybat International City Museum of Science and Information. It was another private collector’s museum that had 300,000+ pieces, it was truly overwhelming. We spent about 1.5 hours there before returning to the hotel around 8:30 pm. Another long day. We can sleep in tomorrow as the tour is over and everyone is either going home, or moving on to their next destination. We said our goodbyes to our driver, Khalid (local guide for the whole tour) and Rob (our Canadian tour manager).
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