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Bedstemor's 85th Birthday ( 13 - 20 Nov 2004 )

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Ancient Egyptian stories and legends have long made their mark through movies such as "Cleopatra", "The Mummy" and wowed us women with Omar Sharif's performance in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago" and more recently in cartoons such as "The Prince of Egypt". There is a certain mystic about middle east portrayed to us from a very young age when we hear bedtime tales like "Ali Baba the 40 Thieves" or "Sinbad the Sailor" - most of us have a dream of seeing the pyramids.

I was very lucky to have the opportunity 20 years ago to come to Egypt with my parents and at 10 years old, there's only so much a child can remember. But this year, the Pallesen Family once again get together for the Matriach's 85th birthday. It is tradition for the family to come together and travel to an exotic country - in the past Tunisia, Morocco, Gambia and for Grandmother's last wish, to see the pyramids of Egypt, that her husband saw 45 years earlier.

The Matriach's three children, six grandchildren (Nikolai could not make it), four greatgrandchildren and respective spouses all came together for a week in magical Egypt. It is autumn with warm days and cool nights - a contrast to the approaching winter in Denmark.

Saturday 13 November 2004
Departure for Egypt

Our family had to leave Falster at 2:30am to catch a 6:30 flight, 4½hr later we arrived at Cairo Airport. I have dim memories of a very warm airport in complete chaos, with people pushing to get their luggage through, shouting over a mad din. Instead we found a rather clean and uncrowded airport. We were met by the AB Travel Agency representative, taken to a Hotel Pyramisa, left in a closed piano bar Pallesen familie venter på værelser

and promptly forgotten until one of us had the bright idea to ask for our keys.

Our family shared a two-bedroom hotel room with a large living area. Our first afternoon was spent walking around the streets of Cairo trying to find a place for the family to have dinner. Our hotel was located across the river from downtown Cairo, so there was not a lot to see, combined with the fact that many shops were closed during the day over Ramadan, the Islamic period of fasting from dawn to dusk. Sunday heralded the last day of Ramadan, so many were preparing for the final feast.

In the end, the whole family had dinner in the hotel's "Oriental" restaurant of Egyptian style. We figured we would get some decent Egyptian food but were disappointed to find most of our food luke-warm. The rice was very dry, little meat on the lamb and rather bland food. To our surprise, after our comment about this, we were presented with a complimentary platter of fruits native to Egypt such as fresh dates and guava. To our amusement, no matter what kind of Egyptian wine we ordered, they all tasted the same. There was plenty of Egyptian beer and of course the danes lived up to their drinking prowess and Bedstemor ("grandmother") treated us all dinner.

Sunday 14. november 2004

On the first night we didn't sleep very well - sleeping in a different bed combined with quranic prayers coming from a nearby mosque didn't exactly leave us with a peaceful sleep. However we were all up early to get together in Bedstemor's room for a "surprise" get-together - to sing the danish birthday song amongst a flutter of red white flags, and present her with a small gift. This family "surprises" the birthdayee and all sing in unison this rather cute birthday song.

The Citadel Muhammad Ali Mosque

Udsigten fra Citadellet

Our first destination was the Citadel. It is the city's fortress that once housed the royal family and although most of the complex is open to visitors, the military still have a foothold and some areas are out of bounds. It takes a half day to explore all areas of the Citadel but we didn't have the opportunity to do so, and instead spent most of our time in the Muhammad Ali Mosque.

<== There is a magnificent view of the city from the Western Terraces - magnificent had most of Cairo not been filled with the same shade of mud-bricked buildings. What was most notable about Cairo was its lack of colour or rather its ability to blend into the desert.

Mohammed Ali Mosque

Our guide Adam/Mohammed provided little insight to the function or history of the Citadel, and instead sat the group in one corner of the Muhammad Ali Mosque like a bunch of school children, and gave a lecture on Islamic laws and behaviour.

When René ventured to ask more about the Citadel, he was scolded for interrupting and told to listen. We never got the opportunity to find the number 7 Napoleon's troops had painted above one doorway to avoid using the unfamiliar Arabic names or the twin half-round towers because our guide simply didn't know where they were.

Ind i Mohammed Ali Mosque

During this time, I had the opportunity to wander off and walk the beautiful alabaster-lined arcades of the mosque. the soaring central prayer hall was a glimmer of hundreds of lights hanging in concentric circles. Arabic inscriptions in gold were painted on the ceiling. Women had to be suitably attired and could not wear sleeveless tops or short skirts or shorts. In one corner lay the sarcophagus of Muhammad Ali - the builder of the mosque and an albanian mercenary who was the founder of the dynasty that ruled till the revolution in 1952.

Cairo Egyptian Museum

I have memories of wandering around this museum, peering into smudged glass cases, staring into the shrivelled faces of some once well-known pharaoh like Ramses II and wondering if the ancient Egyptians were giants in their large coffins.
20 years later, it was almost impossible to push through the crowds of tourists - only useful because their guides provided more information than ours. With only two hours, there was no way that we could view the whole museum or see the royal mummies.
The museum was celebrating its centenary and there was a special exhibition dedicated to TutAnkhAmun - the most famous archaeological find. With travel guide in hand, we oohed and ahhed over the gold treasures found in his tomb - a gold throne featuring the famous scene of TutAnkhAmun's queen anointing him, chests made out of ebony ivory, cheetah-skinned hunting shields, bows, arrows, alabaster canopic jars holding King Tut's mummified organs, gold sarcophagus - if Howard Carter had found such treasures for a little known boy-king, imagine what the tomb of a pharaoh like Ramses II would have been like? King Tut's inner coffin of solid gold and the famous mask of gold that everyone wants to see and is portrayed in many egyptian images.
The museum has become another money-making expedition for the Egyptians with an exhorbitant price to view the royal mummies. We had to content ourselves with the animal mummies - cats, dogs, birds, goats, Nile perch (yes, fish as well!) and most amazing was a 7-metre crocodile mummy.
The exhibitions were arranged by themes on the upper floor and chronological on the lower floor, going clockwise from the Old Kingdom, to the Middle and finally to the New and later kingdoms. There were rooms full of giant sarcophagi that would've weighed a tonne each, a room full of miniatures showing the egyptians' daily lives, a room full of ancient papyrus long faded and rooms full of bits and pieces from ruins, statues, palace floors - a place where one needs a days to spend with a decent travel guide.

Khan Al-Khalili

På gaderne af Ægypts største bazar, Khan Al Khalili

After a stop at an egyptian perfumery and some lunch, we headed to Khan Al-Khalili - the oldest bazaar in Egypt that has lasted since the 1300s. Ancient buyers visited the khan for goods brought in on merchant caravans. No longer do we find slaves, silk, jewels or diamonds, but wooden guitars, brightly patched pouffe covers, clothes, t-shirts, crappy papyrus paintings, bongs/water pipes, bright bolts of cloth, the aroma of spices is very much present and stalls are heaped with bright red, gold and blue powders and sacks of seeds pods. Coppersmiths hammer out platters, tureens, coffeepots and enormous crescent-shaped tops for minarets. It is a ritual of the bazaar to expect to bargain - locals or foreign visitors - usually a 10th of the offer price - if you have paid a third, you have paid too much. We had only an hour to spare but many of the shops were closed for a siesta after lunch. Ulla I pointed to bags of multicoloured spices. He wanted £50 (AUD$10, 50DK.Kr) and after I said "da ketir awi" (it costs too much) and walked away, the shopkeeper doggedly followed us for a kilometre reducing the price from £40 to £30, £25, £20 and after we shouted £10 in jest, he offered £15, £10 and finally £5 before finally giving up on us. After much haggling, we managed to bargain for two ornate glass perfume bottles for £20 (AUD$2.50; 20DK.Kr)

Bedstemor's Birthday Feast

Bedstemors fest

Irene Ole had organised a private room for Bedstemor's birthday party. A single long table in a room of egyptian style. Small silver pots lined in two rows in the middle of the table kept the food warm.

We feasted on cumin-flavoured fried fish, chicken fillets egyptian-style, cinammon-flavoured ravioli, rice, mashed potatoes and beef steaks in pepper sauce, sang and toasted with bottles of egyptian wine and beer to Bedstemor.

Whilst the children played in one corner, there was much chatter througout the table and the evening finished off with chocolate and fruit cakes topped with "Happy Pirthday" (note, it's not an error) and we laughed in amusement in a plethora of egyptian sweets - baklawa, semolina tarts, rose-water flavoured tarts, and tarts that tasted like liquid honey... Ulla almost wanted to take the rest of the desserts with her (except for the rose-water flavoured ones - it was funny to watch her expression - rosewater almost smells like cosmetics). The waiters were extremely attentive, coming by every two minutes to serve us.

Best of all, Bedstemor turned 2 years old, as she blew out each candle on the cakes. As the danes would say, "det var meget hyggeligt!" (it was cozy)

Monday 15. november 2004 (7:30am start)

From the brown buildings and streets of Cairo, we travelled 24km southeast of the city to Saqqara, changing from a uniform brown to lush green fields of large cabbages and hundreds of date palms. It was like an oasis, a gentle mist gave a surreal sense of the fertile plains of ancient Egypt. Women in full-length black abeeyas squatted in the fields, the odd man walking around - such a contrast to the intense crowds of central Cairo.

Saqqara's Step Pyramid

Founded as a necropolis (burial city) for the Old Kingdom and is one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt.

The Step Pyramid is less that ½ the height of the largest pyramids at Giza, but this monument served as a predecessor of the smooth pyramids. Previously tombs were made of mud brick, rectangular slablike structure covering a burial pit. But the architect Imhotep had the bright idea to construct in stone and Zosers trinpyramide i Sakkara

build the slablike structure 5 times one on top of the other, creating the first pyramid.

We entered through the Great South Court - the size of a soccer field, down a corridor of 40 pillars inspired by bundles of tied reeds. Whilst Adam was making another one of his speeches, I was tempted by a turbaned egyptian in a dress who took me to the top where I managed to get one shot of the magnificent pillars up top, before being scolded by Adam and being asked for baksheesh (tip). I was gratefully rescued by a couple of Italians when the egyptian would not let me go without a baksheesh. However, once I surfaced from the building, I was blinded by white sands and the immense pyramid sitting solitary amongst a few ruined stones, with a much smaller triangular heap of stones in the background. Although the morning had been cool, the sun soon warmed us up as we wandered round to the north.

Memphis

Once the capital of ancient Egypt, it remains unexcavated due to villages built on top of it and a high water table as a result of the Aswan Dam. There is a small garden with small finds - bits and pieces but the most exciting thing to see is a colossus of Ramses II lying on his back as the lower legs are missing. The colossus would've been 5 stories high had it been standing. Nearby lies the largest alabaster statue ever found - 80 tons of sphinx - imagine what treasures that could've been found if Memphis could've been excavated, especially as this ancient city lay halfway between Upper and Lower Egypt.

Our final stop before lunch was a papyrus museum - another place of commission for Adam. Bedstemor purchased a papyrus of egyptian alphabets. Some of the paintings cost a massive £3,500 (AUD$900, 3,500DK.Kr). For lunch, we had a splendid egyptian meal in the middle of nowhere that served excellent mezza (egyptian tapas) of baba ghanoush (roasted eggplant dip), tzatziki (cucumber dip), hummus (chickpea dip), fuul (beans) served with freshly made pita bread, warm vine-leaf rolls, lamb kofta and freshly roasted chicken in thyme. It was feast fit for a king and the most egyptian meal we had on the whole trip.

De store fantastiske pyramider i Giza. Her ses vi den største pyramid - Cheops/Khufus pyramid

Pyramids of Giza

From air the desert pyramids were right on the edge of the city, 16km from Cairo.

I remember vaguely, as a child, hunched over, walking up a surprisingly warm shaft lit by a single light bulbs and emerging into a very chilly dark room that held a single stone sarcophagus, the room empty except for occasional square holes in the wall where food was left for the afterlife.

I had entered the Queen's chamber in the largest pyramid and 20 years later, only the first 300 can enter these pyramids - for an exhorbitant fee.

The largest of the three, Cheops' pyramid was the largest, standing at 146metres at one point, took 920 metres to walk around it and contained 2.3 million blocks! Each block was at least one metre high, so you can imagine how massive these pyramids were.

Den anden største pyramid - Chephrens pyramid

Den anden største pyramid - Chephrens pyramid

The 2nd largest, Khefren's (Cheop's son) pyramid still had some of the smooth shiny limestone casing that once used to cover all these pyramids.==>

The massive solar boat that once carried the pharaoh's body from Memphis to Giza and the three smaller Queens' pyramids stood at one corner of the massive Cheop pyramid. We didn't have the opportunity this time to enter the tombs, but I feel priveleged that I did and that I still have some memories of the event.

The Sphinx

Sfinxen

The pyramids loomed in the background as it sat silently on the hot sand under the glaring sunlight for 4,000 years. Napoleon's troops once used it for target practice, so its nose and pharaohs beard and long fallen off and lies in a British museum. The Greeks called it "the Sphinx" as it was based on a mystical creature with the head of a man and body of a lion, which would stop any traveller along the way with a riddle - if the riddle wasn't answered, it became the sphinx's dinner. Throngs of crowds surrounded the sphinx and we could only enter in single file. Over time, it seemed that tourists could view it from further and further away. 45 years ago, Bedstefar's (grandfather) could touch the Sphinx and even climb to the top of the pyramid; 20 years ago, it was simply surrounded by a small wire fence but I could stand close up to it; now it lay in a very large pit where visitors could only view it up close if they zoomed in on their cameras. 4 millenia later, it still manages to awe all of us.

Tuesday 16. november 2004 (2:30am start)

Yes, you did read that right - we were all waiting in the lobby at 2:30AM. Last night, Bedstemor's grandchildren treated the family to a Spanish-Egyptian Italian dinner, which was followed by a Familien i en

cacophany of tambourines, oboes and drums played for an Egyptian engagement couple in the lobby.

This morning we were flying to Aswan, to board a 3-day cruise up the Nile, sailing up to Luxor. When we arrived, we were taken for a short felucca ride along the Nile with a fantastic view of the Tomb of Nobles. When we returned we were given our rooms onboard a four-storey cruise ship that had an indoor games room, a pool and sundeck at the top. Even from our rooms right at the bottom, we had a magnificent view of a small white mosque-like structure on top of huge sandy mountains dotted with small caves.

In the evening we had the opportunity to visit a small souq (local bazaar) selling t-shirts, papyrus paintings, mounds of saffron and dry scented lotus flowers, brown, red, yellow indigo mounds of fragrant spices - all of which some of us bargained for - the most expensive £25 papyrus painting (AUD$5, 25DK.Kr) to cheapest £15 embroidered t-shirts with hieroglyphics (AUD$3, 15DK.Kr). To top the evening off, we took a £5 horse carriage ride back to the ship.

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2009-08-17	Verona and the Opera - Italy	None
2009-08-17	Rosenborg - Denmark	None
2009-08-17	Knuthenborg Zoo - Denmark	None
2009-08-17	Medieval Centre in Denmark	None
2009-08-17	Sailing in Denmark	None
2009-08-17	Denmark 2009	None
2009-07-07	Kims Birthday Party	None
2009-06-28	Kims Birthday & Blue Mountains	None
2009-06-14	Vivid Sydney	None
2009-06-12	Adam is here (another nephew)	None
2009-04-18	Climbing at Cathedral - I have been here before	None
2009-04-16	Hunter Valley 2009	None
2009-04-06	Ethans Birthday 2009	None
2009-03-29	Guys and Dolls	None
2009-03-15	Climbing at Blue Bell (The Shire)	None
2009-02-28	Magic Flute Opera	None
2009-02-23	Ceiling Insulation	None
2009-02-14	Valentines Day	None
2009-02-05	Summer	None
2009-01-31	Opera in the Domain	None
2009-01-26	Climbing Dam Cliffs Blue Mountains	None
2009-01-18	Climbing Berowra	None
2009-01-04	Climbing Bardens Lookout - Blue Mountains	None
2009-01-01	New Years Day...golf at Brighton Golf Club	None

2010 (65)

Date	Title	Rating
2010-12-31	New Caledonia - New Years Eve	None
2010-12-29	New Caledonia - The Cultural Centre	None
2010-12-28	New Caledonia - The Aquarium	None
2010-12-27	New Caledonia Beaches and Islands	None
2010-12-26	New Calidonia 2010/2011	None
2010-12-21	Karen's family photos	None
2010-12-21	Merry Christmas 2010	None
2010-12-06	Caterpillars in our Garden	None
2010-12-03	Aiden's first visit to the hospital	None
2010-12-01	1st December 2010	None
2010-11-24	24th November - One month to Christmas	None
2010-11-07	Aiden 5 Months	None
2010-11-03	Water Portrait	None
2010-11-01	Fame - the musical	None
2010-10-20	Self Portrait	None
2010-10-18	Maroubra	None
2010-10-18	Where to...Daddy???	None
2010-10-18	Family Portaits	None
2010-09-27	Fire Devil fun	None
2010-09-19	Surf's-up at Maroubra	None
2010-09-10	Aiden Looks Like.....	None
2010-09-10	Global Corporate Challenge ended	None
2010-09-07	Breakfast with Audrey and Aren	None
2010-08-24	10 minute passport photo shoot	None
2010-08-23	Family Photo Shoot	None
2010-08-20	Volunteering at the Celebral Palsy centre	None
2010-08-16	Skiing at Perisher 2010	None
2010-08-16	Fatherhood	None
2010-08-08	City 2 Surf 2010	None
2010-07-26	Walk at Cape Banks	None
2010-07-11	1 Month Old	None
2010-06-23	Aiden Lee Pallesen	None
2010-06-08	Baby - Day 1	None
2010-06-07	New Baby	None
2010-06-04	Grandma passed away	None
2010-05-25	Wine Glass	None
2010-05-25	Week 36	None
2010-05-23	Lavender	None
2010-05-22	Tilt Shifting	None
2010-05-16	Week 35	None
2010-05-16	Kiwifruit	None
2010-05-13	Coppelia	None
2010-05-03	Chris & Yvonne's wedding	None
2010-04-27	Car Fun - Take 2	None
2010-04-27	Hunter Valley 2010	None
2010-04-26	Wingello	None
2010-04-21	My nephews Porche Carrera GT	None
2010-04-17	Flash balancing fun	None
2010-04-17	Week 31, not long to go	None
2010-04-11	Water fun	None
2010-04-06	Tasmania - Easter 2010	None
2010-03-14	Week 25	None
2010-03-13	Taste of Sydney	None
2010-03-10	King Lear	None
2010-02-22	Swimming at Maroubra	None
2010-02-22	Uncle and Auntie in Sydney	None
2010-02-19	More garden critters	None
2010-02-13	Open Air Cinema	None
2010-02-02	Hamilton Island 2010	None
2010-02-02	Junior	None
2010-02-02	Critters	None
2010-01-11	Bale de Rua	None
2010-01-11	Babysitting	None
2010-01-11	Restaurants with my dad	None
2010-01-01	New Years Eve 2009	None

2011 (65)

Date	Title	Rating
2011-12-29	Tomakin 2011 - Fishing	None
2011-12-28	Tomakin 2011 - Table Tennis	None
2011-12-27	Tomakin 2011 - Evening Photos	None
2011-12-26	Tomakin 2011	None
2011-12-25	Christmas Day 2011 - Bondi	None
2011-12-24	Christmas Eve 2011	None
2011-12-19	Christmas Family Photos 2011	None
2011-12-19	Daos Wedding	None
2011-12-19	Water Playground in Darling Harbour	None
2011-12-09	Cure Our Kids	None
2011-12-04	Mothersgroup 2011 Christmas meet	None
2011-11-27	Playing with Leaves in the Garden	None
2011-11-27	Centenial Bridge	None
2011-11-27	Eastgarden Christmas Decorations	None
2011-11-27	Christmas Parade Darling Harbour	None
2011-11-27	Playing with Lego	None
2011-11-22	Building Sandcastles	None
2011-11-22	Swimming Pool	None
2011-11-22	Sculpture by the Sea 2011	None
2011-10-24	Booze, Fighting and Cops - in Mudgee	None
2011-10-07	Aiden 16 Months	None
2011-08-25	Zagreb Inner City - Croatia	None
2011-08-24	Zagreb Park, Zoo and Cemetry - Croatia	None
2011-08-23	Lubjiana - Slovenia	None
2011-08-22	Vintgar Gorge - Slovenia	None
2011-08-22	Bled and Lakes - Slovenia	None
2011-08-21	Driving to Bled via Karlovac - Slovenia	None
2011-08-20	Plitvice Lakes - Croatia	None
2011-08-19	Drive to Plitvice Lakes - Croatia	None
2011-08-18	Coastal drive to Trogir - Croatia	None
2011-08-16	Dinner in Montenegro	None
2011-08-16	Peljesac Peninsular	None
2011-08-15	Dubrovnik - Croatia	None
2011-08-13	Mostar - Bosnia	None
2011-08-12	Krka National Park - Croatia	None
2011-08-10	Split - Croatia	None
2011-08-09	Rostock and Warnemunde	None
2011-08-08	Hans Christian Andersens House	None
2011-08-07	Egeskov Castle	None
2011-08-07	Meeting the relatives	None
2011-07-10	Jerusalem Bay 2011	None
2011-07-04	Getting Aiden used to the Sand	None
2011-07-04	Kims Birthday	None
2011-06-21	Mum passed away	None
2011-06-21	Sonja Irene Pallesen 1942 - 2011	None
2011-06-07	Aiden 1 year old	None
2011-06-04	Vivid Sydney 2011	None
2011-06-01	Another trip to Centenial Park	None
2011-06-01	ABBA Cruise	None
2011-05-17	James Blunt Concert	None
2011-05-16	Centennial Park (again)	None
2011-05-11	Autumn 2011	None
2011-05-05	Aiden's Mothers day present	None
2011-04-26	Easter at Lake Conjola	None
2011-04-17	Tall Ships cruise onboard 'Svanen'	None
2011-04-15	Fox Studio Easter show 2011	None
2011-04-11	Aiden 10 Months	None
2011-04-07	New garden doors	None
2011-03-28	Doctor Zhivago take Two	None
2011-03-07	Barber of Seville	None
2011-03-02	Aiden 9 Months	None
2011-02-03	Chinese Zodiac Story	None
2011-01-29	Aiden on a swing	None
2011-01-28	Photoshop fun	None
2011-01-27	Madame butterfly - again	None

2012 (76)

Date	Title	Rating
2012-12-30	Duck feeding with my dad	None
2012-12-27	My Dad and Aiden bonding	None
2012-12-26	Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012	None
2012-12-25	Christmas Day 2012	None
2012-12-24	Christmas Eve 2012	None
2012-12-22	Maroubra Beach December 2012	None
2012-12-21	Kids Dad with Grandchildren 2012	None
2012-12-21	Christmas Family Photo 2012	None
2012-12-21	Matraville Christmas Lights 2012	None
2012-12-21	Barrenjoey Lighthouse 2012	None
2012-12-20	Merry Christmas 2012	None
2012-12-18	Lucas 3 months	None
2012-12-18	Lucas first Christmas	None
2012-12-12	Kims Dads Birthday 2012	None
2012-12-05	Glasses - Feeling old	None
2012-12-03	Aiden playing with water	None
2012-12-03	Aiden playing with Playdough	None
2012-12-03	First December 2012	None
2012-11-25	Lucas two and a half months	None
2012-11-24	An Oldie, but a goodie	None
2012-11-20	Lucas Foot	None
2012-11-12	Old Photo - Aiden/Daddy looks the same?	None
2012-11-12	Kim and Lucas 2 Months	None
2012-11-12	Lucas 2 Month Photos	None
2012-11-11	Taronga Zoo Family day 2012	None
2012-10-20	Setup Shot - Funny face	None
2012-10-13	Lucas 1 Month Photos	None
2012-10-13	Lucas 1 Month celebration	None
2012-10-11	Work Photo Competition	None
2012-10-08	Baby name - Lucas	None
2012-10-08	Samanthas B'day and Thomas Train Day	None
2012-10-02	Baby's hand	None
2012-10-02	Auburn Botanical Gardens Picnic	None
2012-09-29	Photo Competition	None
2012-09-28	Auburn Botanical Gardens	None
2012-09-24	Newborn Photos	None
2012-09-13	9 months project	None
2012-09-12	Baby Brother for Aiden	None
2012-09-09	Darling Harbour 2012	None
2012-09-09	Pregnancy Photos 2012	None
2012-09-06	Fathers Day 2012	None
2012-08-25	Sunrise at Sydney Opera House 2012	None
2012-08-21	The Entrance 2012	None
2012-08-21	Norah Head Lighthouse and Milky Way 2012	None
2012-08-15	Cherry Blossom Season	None
2012-08-08	Love the new camera	None
2012-08-08	Emma	None
2012-07-31	Satellite Tracking Facility	None
2012-07-30	Big Birthday	None
2012-07-15	Thomas Trains and Warragamba Dam	None
2012-07-08	Duck feeding at Centenial Park	None
2012-06-10	Emily's birthday party	None
2012-06-10	Aiden's 2yo Birthday with the Family	None
2012-06-08	One year	None
2012-06-07	Aiden's 2 yo Birthday	None
2012-06-06	Passing of Venus	None
2012-06-05	Camera returned for warranty	None
2012-05-31	New camera - Nikon D800	None
2012-05-14	Mothers day with Autumn colours in Mt Wilson	None
2012-05-12	An Officer and a Gentleman	None
2012-05-07	Halfway there - Baby brother for Aiden	None
2012-04-25	Kurnell walk	None
2012-04-22	Symbio Wildlife Park	None
2012-04-22	Luke and Alexsandra's wedding	None
2012-04-16	Easter show and EQ	None
2012-04-15	High Tea in Royal National Park	None
2012-04-08	Bora Bora Island Scenery	None
2012-04-06	Snorkeling with Sharks and Stingrays	None
2012-04-05	Bora Bora	None
2012-04-04	Flowers of French Polynesia	None
2012-04-03	Tahiti	None
2012-02-29	Project Setting	None
2012-02-29	Aiden Walking	None
2012-02-19	Aiden Standing by himself	None
2012-02-05	Centennial Park - Feb 2012	None
2012-01-29	Ronan Keating Concert	None

2013 (91)

Date	Title	Rating
2013-12-25	New bike for Aiden	None
2013-12-25	Christmas Day 2013	None
2013-12-24	Christmas Family Photos 2013	None
2013-12-23	Gingerbread Village	None
2013-12-16	More Christmas Photos 2013	None
2013-12-16	Boys best mates	None
2013-12-16	Garage Lizard	None
2013-12-16	Christmas Banana	None
2013-12-15	Kims dads birthday 2013	None
2013-12-10	Christmas Photos 2013 - Candles	None
2013-12-07	Christmas Concert 2013	None
2013-12-06	Big foot playing soccer	None
2013-12-06	Fun on a rainy day	None
2013-12-06	A helping hand vacuuming	None
2013-11-17	5 years wedding anniversary	None
2013-11-12	International Fleet Review 2013	None
2013-11-01	Halloween 2013 - Steampunk Vampire	None
2013-10-14	Lucas 1 year portrait	None
2013-10-13	Lucas 1yo Centennial park photos	None
2013-10-13	Aiden on the bridge at Centennial Park	None
2013-10-12	Test portraits of Lucas	None
2013-10-12	Self test portrait	None
2013-10-12	Sculptures by the sea 2013	None
2013-10-11	Working in the Sydney	None
2013-10-11	Coastal walk	None
2013-10-11	Bath time	None
2013-10-11	Lucas Walking	None
2013-10-11	Lucas cleaning the toilet	None
2013-10-11	Aiden in hospital again	None
2013-10-11	Fathers Day	None
2013-10-11	Little Dynamo	None
2013-10-11	Sammi's 4th Birthday	None
2013-10-11	Potty Training	None
2013-09-10	TEDx at work	None
2013-08-26	Aiden in Fiji	None
2013-08-26	Fiji 2013	None
2013-08-16	Centenial Park memorial	None
2013-08-16	Harbour walk with friends	None
2013-08-05	Aiden and Lucas at the Beach	None
2013-08-05	Test Portrait shot	None
2013-07-31	Clever boy	None
2013-07-30	Family picnic at the beach	None
2013-07-30	Climbing on my birthday	None
2013-07-27	A bit of a scare	None
2013-07-22	Lucas 10 Months Photo	None
2013-07-21	Aiden playing soccer	None
2013-07-21	Lego Turtle	None
2013-07-21	Orange Cake	None
2013-07-21	Baking Ciabata	None
2013-06-28	The Lightbulb	None
2013-06-28	Vivid Sydney 2013	None
2013-06-13	Lucas 9 months	None
2013-06-13	Lucas 8 Months	None
2013-06-13	Aidens 3 year birthday	None
2013-06-13	Aiden insect bite	None
2013-05-30	Emma's Birthday	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Captured by the tribes	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu Tribes	None
2013-05-02	Aiden playing with the local kids	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Fireshow	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Kids	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Kims Dad	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - The market in Port Vila	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Waterfalls	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Out and about	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu - Around the hotel	None
2013-05-02	Vanuatu food	None
2013-05-02	Lake Macquarie 2013	None
2013-05-01	Vanuatu - Star fish	None
2013-04-26	Lucas 7 Months	None
2013-04-03	Another old Lucas 4 months photo	None
2013-03-27	Axolotls	None
2013-03-27	Sucking feet	None
2013-03-12	Lucas 6 Months - Pictured and Framed	None
2013-03-12	Kims Kitchen - Raspberries Creme Brulee	None
2013-03-12	Sydney Wildlife Park 2013	None
2013-03-06	Lucas 5 Months	None
2013-03-05	Aiden at Boralee Park	None
2013-02-26	Sydney Aquarium 2013	None
2013-02-06	Blue Mountains Landscapes and Waterfalls	None
2013-02-05	Leura Toy Museum	None
2013-02-05	Blue Mountains February 2013	None
2013-01-31	My Dad leaving	None
2013-01-26	Darling Harbour - Pre Australia day	None
2013-01-26	Lucas' Eye	None
2013-01-19	Lucas 4 Months Photo	None
2013-01-18	Heat Record in Sydney 46.4 Degrees	None
2013-01-09	Blog posts for 2012	None
2013-01-02	Family Bedtime	None
2013-01-02	My dad with Aiden and Lucas 2013	None
2013-01-01	New Years Day 2012/2013	None

2014 (91)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2014-12-25	Christmas 2014	0	None
2014-12-24	Inspirational notes for 2015	0	None
2014-12-23	Playing a storm	0	None
2014-12-21	Kim riding a bike	0	None
2014-12-20	Cool art work	0	None
2014-12-19	The Tiger who came to tea	0	None
2014-12-15	Lindt Cafe	0	None
2014-11-22	Daydream island	0	None
2014-11-20	Mini open day photo shoot	0	None
2014-10-23	Trip to Manly	0	None
2014-10-17	Water play	0	None
2014-10-16	Playing with Dragons	0	None
2014-10-13	Sydney Harbour panorama	0	None
2014-10-12	Sammi's birthday at Luna Park	0	None
2014-10-11	More from playing in the forest at Centennial Park	0	None
2014-10-09	Lots of oldies but goodies	0	None
2014-10-08	Playing in the forest with the boys	0	None
2014-10-08	Lucas 2yo birthday	0	None
2014-10-08	Childrens Paintings	0	None
2014-10-05	Open day - flower girl	0	None
2014-10-04	Open Day - Black Body Paint	0	None
2014-10-04	Open day - Christina	0	None
2014-10-04	Open day - Michaela	0	None
2014-10-03	Open day - Melanie	0	None
2014-09-30	Open day - Jayden	0	None
2014-09-28	Open day - Sophia Angeleena	0	None
2014-09-26	Movement with stroboscopic flash and bodypaint	0	None
2014-09-15	Open Studio day - Urban	0	None
2014-09-15	Open day photoshoot - Jamie	0	None
2014-09-14	Open Studio - Pia Priestley	0	None
2014-09-13	Open Studio Day - Taylia Lopez	0	None
2014-09-13	Open day photo shoot - Michaela	0	None
2014-07-21	Golf after 5 years	0	None
2014-07-20	Cabramatta	0	None
2014-07-19	Aiden recovering	0	None
2014-07-18	Hospital again	0	None
2014-07-17	Various play photos	0	None
2014-07-16	Aiden Painting	0	None
2014-07-16	Lucas Reading	0	None
2014-07-16	Anything Thomas	0	None
2014-06-30	Excursion to the city	0	None
2014-06-30	Kims Birthday 2014	0	None
2014-06-10	Mothers day card 2014	0	None
2014-06-10	Spiderman face paint	0	None
2014-06-10	Bumble Bee	0	None
2014-06-10	Aidens 4th Birthday	0	None
2014-05-14	Aiden at the filming of 'Play along with Sam'	0	None
2014-05-08	Aiden meets the Rabbitohs	0	None
2014-05-05	Australian Museum - Dinosaurs	0	None
2014-05-04	Don Quixote - The Russian Ballet	0	None
2014-05-02	To my one and only - May 2014	0	None
2014-05-01	Toronga Zoo April 2014	0	None
2014-04-23	Open day photo shoot - Other various	0	None
2014-04-22	Open day photoshoot - Dream	0	None
2014-04-19	Open day photoshoot - wrap up	0	None
2014-04-18	Open day photoshoot - Pia Prestley	0	None
2014-04-18	Open day photoshoot - Miyuki	0	None
2014-04-18	Open day Photoshoot - Melanie J Bowers	0	None
2014-04-17	Open day photoshoot - Sudip Limbu	0	None
2014-04-17	Open day photoshoot - Valerie Peovska 50's style	0	None
2014-04-17	Open day photoshoot - Valerie Peovska	0	None
2014-04-16	Open day photoshoot - Edyta Jedrzejowska	0	None
2014-04-16	Open Day photoshoot - Britney Williams	0	None
2014-04-15	Open day photoshoot - Sarah Lucien	1	None
2014-04-15	Open day photoshoot - Taylia Lopez	0	None
2014-04-10	Lucas with a snotty nose	0	None
2014-04-10	Aiden toilet training	0	None
2014-04-02	Aunty Irene in town	0	None
2014-04-01	Family Photo at La Perouse	0	None
2014-03-21	St Patricks Day Spike Hair	0	None
2014-03-18	Playing at the park	0	None
2014-03-18	Aiden pedalling his bike	0	None
2014-02-20	Super hero	0	5
2014-02-19	Serenpidity canyon	0	None
2014-02-10	Baking bread - Sourdough	0	None
2014-02-06	Emmas Babtism	0	None
2014-02-06	Chinese New Year 2014	0	None
2014-02-06	Aiden pedalling his tricycle	0	None
2014-02-06	Baking bread - Walnut and Fig bread	0	None
2014-01-23	Hunter Valley Gardens light show.	0	None
2014-01-23	Hunter Valley Trip with family	0	None
2014-01-17	Ten Pin Bowling	0	None
2014-01-17	Water Play	0	None
2014-01-15	Baptism	0	None
2014-01-15	Malua Bay - Rocks	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay - The Beach	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay - Indian dinner	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay - Amusement Park	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay - Fishing	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay - Playground	0	None
2014-01-09	Malua Bay	0	None

2015 (56)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2016-01-07	Hunter Valley Christmas 2015	0	None
2016-01-07	Christmas 2015	0	None
2015-12-16	Silliness	0	None
2015-12-16	Christmas family photo 2015	0	None
2015-12-01	Aiden Graduation and Christmas Concert

*Egypt - Pallesen Family Holiday 2004*

~ Travel Journal ~ Read about our journey with links to an amazing photo gallery


*~ Photo Gallery ~*

What We are All in Egypt for


The Sphinx ~ Half Man Half Lion ~	Saqqara's Step Pyramid	Valley of the Kings

Pyramids of Giza	Kheop's Pyramid ~ the Largest Pyramid ~	Khefren's Pyramid

Aswan Dam	Memphis ~ Capital of Ancient Egypt ~	The Unfinished Obelisk


Temples


Karnak ~ 120-metre Columns ~	Hatshepsut in a Cliff	Horus ~ Greek "Egyptian" Temple ~

Philae - the Island Temple	Kom Ombo Crocodile Mummies	Luxor


The People Way of Life


Streets of Luxor	Khan Al-Khalili ~ an Egyptian Bazaar ~	Horses


The Pallesen Family


Bedstemor's Fest	Egyptian "Italian" Dinner	Coffee-shop

On the Roof-top		In Cairo


The Nile


On the Boat	Felucca on the Nile	Tomb of Nobles

	Egyptian Sunset


Things to Buy


Papyrus	Perfumery	Alabaster


Other Places We Saw


The Citadel in Cairo		Lunch on the Nile