Shisha and daNile

Friday night, a huuuge group from campus went down to the Nile for a Felucca ride! A felucca is like a giant gondola who mated with a sail boat, and theyve been in use sense the pharaohs, theyre awesome. It was a really nice ride too, very peaceful, and Cairo is gorgeous at night!! It has the third most lights in the world according to my RA, and it can be seen from space (after NY and Moscow)

After that, 15 of us stayed behind and wandered the streets with 3 egyptian guys who live on campus too. We stopped for some shisha and hibiscus tea (Nam nam naaam!!.. which actually means yes yes yes, but works good for YUM too!) We ended up being out intil about 4am and taking taxis home (about 2 dollars each, which is wiiiild!!) The taxi ride was crazy. As we had been warned. We all had one arabic speaker with us, so we were fine, but the taxis drive really crazy... it was fun, I could drive like an Egyptian, Id like that.

Last night we went out for shisha too, but this time we decided to walk "down the street" to this beautiful westernized mall called the Meeting Point. It was about 20 minutes through the empty sandy highway, it was really nice though. There were a ton of us, and a good girl/guy ratio so we didnt get harassed or anything. We first ate at a fancy restaurant where the waiters wore tuxidoes and gave us finger bowls to wash our hands. I tried my fiiiirst pigeon!! I guess people eat pigeon everywhere except the US, which seems crazy... its like a rat.. ew.. pigeon, right? But it was good!! Mine may have been an anarexic pigeon, but it was good none the less. After that we went to the Aroma Lounge and got our shisha on. It was such a nice night, just hanging out and getting to know people and stuff.

Nowwww, for orientation and technical stuff. Adding/dropping classes and going on tours! I hope everything goes smoothly!