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with relief work and paintings of the same design s the tomb pictures. The color is not so well preserved. Many of the Colossal statues and parts of the temples are merely blocks of stone scattered about, but many are remarkedly fine still. It is amazing to think that all of these monuments have withstood the years, but when one faces the fact that the vicinity of Luxor has had no rainfall for several thousand years the preservation is not so surprising.
We are within twelve hours of Jerusalem and I am sorry that we shall not be able to go there. It's a strenuous nights trip, however, and from there on to Athens is also hard, and I'm afraid that I'm not quite equal to anything really hard now. Have had a little upset with several days in bed with a temperature up to 102. Have had no temperature today so tomorrow I shall get up again. My digestion seemed upset, I may have taken cold in my bowels - who knows? But at any rate I'm glad we're not in India.
Friday we sail on to Athens from Alexanderia. We expect to be there several weeks depending of course when we get through there. We have some time to make up somewhere along the line. We are looking forward to Greece.
Van has enjoyed Egypt, I believe, as much as anything. He feels better on land than on the sea and better farther from the tropics He had a cold but by the aid of quinine and asperin he says its gone again. The evenings and mornings are cool here and unless our room is sunny, is extremely uncomfortable. We, with our heating systems, are not accustomed to live under these conditions and in spite of every precaution are apt to take cold. The news from Europe is not particularly encouraging either - a severe cold and snowy winter - so we are a bit skeptical about conditions in Greece. WE can't loiter any longer and must get on in spite of everything, so Greece it is.
We shall be glad to have you meet us in N York next September. If we get the proper reservations we shall get there about the 29th of August and of course our little Chevy (bless its heart) will be waiting for us. And of all the treasures (few as they are) that we have accumulated in our wanderings

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with relief work and paintings of the same design s the tomb pictures. The color is not so well preserved. Many of the Colossal statues and parts of the temples are merely blocks of stone scattered about, but many are remarkedly fine still. It is amazing to think that all of these monuments have withstood the years, but when one faces the fact that the vicinity of Luxor has had no rainfall for several thousand years the preservation is not so surprising. We are within twelve hours of Jerusalem and I am sorry that we shall not be able to go there. It's a strenuous nights trip, however, and from there on to Athens is also hard, and I'm afraid that I'm not quite equal to anything really hard now. Have had a little upset with several days in bed with a temperature up to 102. Have had no temperature today so tomorrow I shall get up again. My digestion seemed upset, I may have taken cold in my bowels - who knows? But at any rate I'm glad we're not in India. Friday we sail on to Athens from Alexanderia. We expect to be there several weeks depending of course when we get through there. We have some time to make up somewhere along the line. We are looking forward to Greece. Van has enjoyed Egypt, I believe, as much as anything. He feels better on land than on the sea and better farther from the tropics He had a cold but by the aid of quinine and asperin he says its gone again. The evenings and mornings are cool here and unless our room is sunny, is extremely uncomfortable. We, with our heating systems, are not accustomed to live under these conditions and in spite of every precaution are apt to take cold. The news from Europe is not particularly encouraging either - a severe cold and snowy winter - so we are a bit skeptical about conditions in Greece. WE can't loiter any longer and must get on in spite of everything, so Greece it is. We shall be glad to have you meet us in N York next September. If we get the proper reservations we shall get there about the 29th of August and of course our little Chevy (bless its heart) will be waiting for us. And of all the treasures (few as they are) that we have accumulated in our wanderings