Today marks a year from the beginning of this project that I decided to call SpiegelEye travel blog. What initially started as an assignment for university, quickly turned into one of the most...

 Wandering through al-Azhar Park I found a nice spot to photograph the minaret of a nearby mosque. I sat down to get the best pictures and to enjoy the perfect reddish colors of...

Few moments in life take our breaths away. Sunsets are probably responsible for most of them. Like the one I lived at Al-Azhar Park in Cairo. Al- Azhar Park is probably the most...

Before I continue writing about my trip to Egypt, I wanted to mention a couple of last impressions about Coptic Cairo.  Perhaps the oldest neighbourhood of the city, the compound includes some of...

Sometimes the most interesting places are those which we never intend to visit. The best memories come from those moments we never expect to live or those places we never even thought we...

Abu Serga church is one of the oldest churches in Coptic Cairo and perhaps the most interesting feature about it, is that it is said to have been built on the spot where...

Imagine the most amazing network of narrow streets adorned by lilliputian balconies and stray cats hiding inside houses. In fact, I believe these cats aren't a problem in this part of town, they...