It’s hard to believe, but as of today I’ve been in Egypt one month. Just 6 weeks until I head back to the States.
This weekend has been really great.
Friday night, about 10pm, Opal & our friend Muhammad came to get me & we went to a cafe. We spent a few hours sipping tea, smoking shisha, laughing & people watching before leaving. We decided against a cab & instead walked about 45 minutes through two neighborhoods back to our place – it was really nice.
Last night, a group of us [including new friend & fellow expat Dan], made a trek to Jesuit Cairo to attending ‘Egypt: The Musical.‘
Although we left at intermission because we were all very hungry, it was a cool experience. After a nice dinner [at a place I actually went to when I was here three years ago - random], we came back to our place & stayed up late hanging out, taking & trying to play the rababa Opal & Muhammad bought me from our local street vendor.
This afternoon I tried baking again [you can read about my cookie making adventure here]. We had some brown bananas but no bread pan, so Opal suggest banana scones – they turned out pretty good! Some cinnamon would have made them extra good, but all the spices looked the same at the store & I probably would have ended up with chili powder. Regardless, they’re done & good & comforting.
I also picked up an ice cream mix. The process is the same as instant pudding – mix with milk & let sit, only apparently after two hours in the freezer you get ice cream. It’s freezing now & I’m interested to see how it turns out!
The rest of the day holds laundry, reading, Skyping, relaxing & generally enjoying myself before heading back to work tomorrow. Happy Memorial Day weekend to everyone back home!! [I wish I was at the cottage with my husband, dog & friends!]
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- Walking through the desert & floating down the Nile
Saturday, May 29th, 2010, 10:31 am | 
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