Friday, April 16, 2010

Blue Nile, White Shirts


The river looked particularly blue tonight as we crossed to the city for dinner and then to check if the Time Traveller's new shirts were actually finished.


Lo' and behold they were! This is the tailor's workshop, opening onto the street with an iron shutter door. Two men work at the sewing machines in the front room. A young boy (the tailor's son?) works at a machine in the back room. This tailor's specialty are robes worn by the men participating in the Coptic church services, as seen in the Easter service. Tonight it appeared that they were working on decorative draping for a church.


And the highlight of the walk was spotting another door with protective crocodiles.

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