Day Three - Back in the Cairo Groove

Once again I am crashing on a couch, but this time it is on a houseboat so nothing can beat that. I only slept until 10:30, which may actually have been 9:30, I was having major time problems since getting to Cairo. I went to St.Andrews this morning which was really nice. Not too many people remembered me but enough did remember me that it was fun. I saw some of my students and it was really nice. Obviously I could not expect any of my younger students to remember me but it was great to see them again. They all looked so much older :)

The call to prayer bring back memories. That is what I am listening to right now. When I was living in Cairo I used the prayers as a clock. When prayers came on at the mosques I knew what time it was. Like right now it is 7pm, which I think is the 4th prayer of the day.

I went a got some koshari for lunch. It was as delicious as I remember it being. It was nostalgic to walk down in my old stomping grounds from 2 years ago. It was very cool to see the graffiti from the revolution and the changes to the area. Tahrir square was definitely different. It was evident there was a greater military and police presense. I saw a few tanks driving down the road. The guys riding in it ever so graciously stared at me, being the white foreigner, as they drove past. I did not miss the hissing and stares but that is just part of life here...

The rest of the evening has been spent relaxing on the houseboat (which I am in love with). The breeze off the Nile is beautiful and so welcoming....

Oh AND there is a lunar eclipse tonight!! I am so excited!