5/25: oh it's the 25th already! Oh snap~!

I am doing some massive multi tasking right now, mainly because I can't sit and write this blog while my room is the disaster that it is...so i started organizing my stuff and packing up for the move next week. But at the same time I am just really hyper so I clean a little, and then i come back to the computer and then i move around and eat candy and sugar and ahhh.

I think I have quickly readjusted to living by myself again. The perks of privacy have re-emerged so I am doing well.

Oh man someone just said enjoy your memorial day weekend....i didn't even know it was memorial day weekend..heh.

I slept so well last night. I woke up delighted, surrounded by a plethora of plushy pillows and a matress that doesn't leave half of my limbs tingling with loss of blood flow. Waking up in comfort put me in an instant good mood.

I also went shopping today. here is me before going into town. I took a picture of me standing in front of the mirror. This shirt is my trick method of adding long sleeves to tank tops!



here are pictures from town. A lot of this is 15th-16th century architecture and it was great to walk through, as I am a pretty big fan of medieval architecture.








I went into one of the mosques and it was absolutey breathtaking. When i came in, I had to take off my shoes and cover my hair. The sunlight ricocheted off the white floor, it was blinding.






This is the gate into town.


These right here were used to hang the heads of enemies in the past. From above we found the area where they would dump hot oil on the enemies as the walked under the passage:



We were able to climb the minerets and get an amazing view of mosque courts and other religious architecture in the hazy distance. In there is also an original piece of the wooden doors that managed to preserve. I also took a picture of the roof tops of peoples houses and sale shops...it's actually for a top secret theory my professor is working on.









This was on display inside the wall and mineret towers. They have been doing a lot to restore it and found these artifacts. I chose this photo op for obvious reasons if you can make out the blurb:


(I realized you can't...they are little coffee cups with an explanation on coffee making)

Here is a picture just of town. This is what most of Cairo looks like. Dirt roads and shop after shop after shop. The quality and range of merchandise is similar to american flea markets, only as my professor noted, these ones actually have fleas too.


I thought for sure I had captured a scene where a local had just defeathered a duck and cut its head off but alas, it was not in my camera...I'm sure you're all devestated.

I did not buy much at the Bazar. I got Marcia's gift and Megan's gift. Megan, I'm sure you know you are getting a snowglobe, because i hate shopping and you asked for one...but oddly enough, I asked my professor about it and he said he had never seen a snowglobe in Egypt. We looked everywhere for them but after a while we gave up and decided to leave. Imagine our surprise when we go to walk out of the Bazar and there is a stand with SNOWGLOBES. The guy really took advantage of me not understanding how egyptian pounds and dollars work. I was not able to haggle the price down by much. But megan let it be known, that my professor is DIGUSTED that someone he knows bought a snowglobe in egypt...I wouldn't be too offended though, he bought his wife lapis beatle earrings.

After the Bazar, we went to the Meridian and got sushi...I really do love getting spoiled on Fridays and eating in fancier places. It is a nice break. Once we finished eating, Richard took me to this store my roommate had reccomended that had fixed prices and higher quality merchandise. I got a lot of gifts out of the way there, including some stuff for me. here are some earrings I purchased:

HOLD IT! I just went to the earrings to take a picture of them and I realized megans snow globe broke... CURSES...no seriously...mummy curses...It was the tackiest snow globe in the world with a deformed Nefratiti- she had a lazy eye, oh blast!




heh I really don't know what i am going to do about that snowglobe...guess you might have to settle for a nicer gift meg, because i am never going to the bazar again haha...that is a place only to be experienced once! I really loved how tacky that thing was. The snowglobe, not the bazar.


Well that is it for today...i will probably proof read this later, but not now. Have a happy memorial day everyone!