Not The Suez Canal. Not A Crocodile.

On This Day In History
1869: The Suez Canal opens

Quote Of The Day
"I think I may be allowed to say that a time has arrived which is not just one of the most solemn of the century but also one of the greatest and most decisive that mankind has seen since the beginning of its history here.

"This place enveloping Africa and Asia which no longer touch each other, now this great celebration of man, this august and cosmopolitan participation by all the races of the world, all the flags and standards flapping joyfully under the immense and radiant sky, the cross, upright and respected by everyone, opposite the crescent.

"Here there is nothing that is not amazing - it is all one extraordinary contrast. Here dreams, which no one thought would come true, have become reality. Here amongst such wonders, everything is a cause for reflection, there is nothing but joy, now and for the future, nothing but glorious hope."
(Monsignor Bauer, blessing the universal maritime Suez Canal at Port Said.)

A beautiful morning for my 22km run. This heron seemed somewhat more restrained about the Muko River than Monsignor Bauer was about the Suez Canal.

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