Pictures from the last week or so...

I finally have some pictures to show you all!

I'm currently sitting in an internet cafe called "Beano's" which I find kind of funny. It's a very hip american-style cafe. Like an orange & brown Starbucks, but they also sell sandwiches, crepes, smoothies and shakes. I had an Oreo shake, which was sadly unsatisfying. Much too runny. It was 25LE ($4.50), and the falafel I had for dinner just before was only 1.25LE (23 cents). How can you not get dessert when dinner's so cheap? I really will miss the cheap food of Egypt when I leave.

So, here are some random pictures from this last week or two:

This is a beautiful mansion in my neighborhood that I want to live in when I come back to live in Egypt as an old woman.

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This is one of the guys in my program who brought his wife and baby. They get so much attention over here with that child. Most people here have never seen a white baby before (not many people bring kids to Egypt), and everyone here is really cautious about letting their babies get cold. They wrap their babies up in blankets like it's wintertime, even in 110 degree weather, so to see a little white, half-naked baby is shocking to them... especially since it's just hanging out in a backpack. Very very weird.

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This is how all men walk around in Egypt. Young and old. My male American colleagues are all gradually getting used to this... some take it better than others.

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These are some cops (in white) just strolling down the street. We were following them for a long time before we realized that they each had a criminal handcuffed to their hand. Kind of funny, no? (Getting this picture was risky, hence, not the best picture).

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This is me on my new bed! My feet are always very dirty at the end of the day and must be washed thoroughly before I stick them in the white sheets that I'm very grateful I brought.

(click on the pics to enlarge!)