Arrested

Sam and I were up early this morning, before 8:00AM, and out the door before 9:00. The heat in the afternoon is unbelievably oppressive, and the complete absence of cold drinks or air conditioning makes it worse. We first walked to the Egyptian Museum, which is a ways north of our house in [...]

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Some Pictures

I’d have liked to include these with the last couple posts, but my internet wasn’t working well enough, so here are some pictures from the last couple days.
This is the Mohammad Ali Mosque at the Citadel:

Next are a couple pictures from atop the Citadel, including one of Sam and one showing the al-Rafa’i and Hassan [...]

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A Day of Rest

On Friday, most Egyptians go to Mosque and take the day off.  We’ve been following their lead, at least with regard to resting.  Max and Tahmid finished moving their stuff from the old place to the new this morning, so we all spent the good part of the early day cleaning and organizing.  A major [...]

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Mosques and Egyptian Beer

Yesterday, Sam and I decided to do some touristing and see some of the city’s old mosques.  We started in the morning by heading to The Citadel, which is, I think, the highest point in the city.  To get there, we had to take a cab for the first time on our own.  Max told [...]

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Exploding Cows and Hustling Cabbies

I thought this was so awesome it deserved its own post.

One of the defining images of Cairo, I think, are its cabs.  They are these tiny black and white cars, many Peugots or other small European cars, often falling apart with no A/C or working seat belts.  The way they work is ridiculous.  They all [...]

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Day One

It’s evening, and I just got back from dinner. Sam and I had our first real Egyptian day today, though it wasn’t too exciting – we were both tired and mostly just did some errands. First I had to get money, which in itself was a challenge as it took us forever to [...]

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I’ve Arrived

It’s 9:30AM Wednesday, Cairo time.  Sam and I landed at 2:00AM this morning, and were picked up at the airport by Max, my new roommate here.  I woke up early today unable to really sleep, so I’ll probably be really tired later but I feel good now.  I’ve not really had a chance to walk [...]

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Travel Update

Sam and I are at the Amsterdam airport right now.  It’s about 4:00PM here and our flight boards in three hours.  We spent about four hours just walking around Amsterdam, which was a really pretty city about which I’ll have a bit more to say later on.  For now, though, we’ve not slept in nearly [...]

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On Our Way

After a fun weekend in NYC, Sam and I are sitting at JFK Airport waiting to board our flight and are very excited, though hot and tired of waiting in lines. Security was crazy here today and took at least an hour to get through. I was wearing my UT hat, though, and [...]

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Why Nick is (Almost) in Egypt

Becky asked me to write a bit before I left about how and why I’m going to be spending the summer in Egypt. So here goes:
At the law school, we can all go work at firms during our summers and make a bunch of money, which is tempting for most of us because we [...]

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