Here are some pics of our first week in Cairo... The Nile, our school, some of our fellow teachers and our new apartment.
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First Days of Cairo
Welcome to the land of ancient wonders!
CAIRO, EGYPT... AFRICA... holy cow!!!
We have landed in Cairo... surrounded by the echoes of great civilisations past (also surrounded by intense heat, traffic, people, car horns, dusty desert air, and the call to prayer over the loudspeakers). We arrived during Ramadan, the fourth pillar of the Islamic faith, when everyone fasts during the day. We stayed at the Maadi Hotel and during the days searched around Maadi(the area in Cairo where most expats live) for an apartment. We finally found one and are just starting to feel settled in.
Last week we enjoyed a float down the Nile on a Felucca - Egypt's ancient sailboats. We watched the sunset as we enjoyed the company of our fellow teachers, Cairo beer and Mexican food!? This week has been spent at school doing orientation and getting our classrooms ready. The school is about a 30 min bus ride outside of Maadi, where we live. All the teachers take the bus together to school and most of us all live in the same area which is nice :) Our work week is from Sunday to Thursday with Friday and Saturday as our weekend.... so I guess we say now TGITh!! Next week we are back at school and then as of Thursday we are off until September 19th!! The Ministry of Education here decided to give a longer holiday to celebrate Eid (the celebratiopn after Ramadan).
Hooray! I think we will do some diving in the Red Sea and possibly head over to Jordan for our holiday :)
CAIRO, EGYPT... AFRICA... holy cow!!!
We have landed in Cairo... surrounded by the echoes of great civilisations past (also surrounded by intense heat, traffic, people, car horns, dusty desert air, and the call to prayer over the loudspeakers). We arrived during Ramadan, the fourth pillar of the Islamic faith, when everyone fasts during the day. We stayed at the Maadi Hotel and during the days searched around Maadi(the area in Cairo where most expats live) for an apartment. We finally found one and are just starting to feel settled in.
Last week we enjoyed a float down the Nile on a Felucca - Egypt's ancient sailboats. We watched the sunset as we enjoyed the company of our fellow teachers, Cairo beer and Mexican food!? This week has been spent at school doing orientation and getting our classrooms ready. The school is about a 30 min bus ride outside of Maadi, where we live. All the teachers take the bus together to school and most of us all live in the same area which is nice :) Our work week is from Sunday to Thursday with Friday and Saturday as our weekend.... so I guess we say now TGITh!! Next week we are back at school and then as of Thursday we are off until September 19th!! The Ministry of Education here decided to give a longer holiday to celebrate Eid (the celebratiopn after Ramadan).
Hooray! I think we will do some diving in the Red Sea and possibly head over to Jordan for our holiday :)
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