The Citadel

I know I already wrote a little bit about the Citadel, but I had to sit down and give it the full credit due.

The Citadel is a huge mosque sitting on a hill "overlooking" the city. I put the quotation marks as it is indeed overlooking the city, but how much of the city can been seen depends on the time of day and smog. The walk up to the Citadel is surrounded by gardens, flowers and the occasional white butterfly. We took off our shoes (as is the custom) to enter the enormous carpeted mosque and were soon wandering around while looking straight up at the ceiling. The ceiling is one of the highlights as its many domed roofs are decorated so intricately with carvings, gold leaf and the most beautiful colours of paint. It's my favourite place in Cairo as it's so peaceful yet humming with the hundreds of people who came to pray or visit.