5/31/07 Continued

This is a special post dedicated to Mr. Jay Goldenberg. Tonight I went out to dinner and had the best calamari to date. I told my professor that I needed to have a taste of it here in order to report back to you and he knew just the place to go. You go in and the squid is on ice and you pick the one you want. We had it grilled and it was absolutely wonderful...the best texture, not too chewy, just amazing! So if you decide to visit me next year while i'm here :) I will take you there and this time I will treat!

The restaurant also had amazing grilled eggplant and tahina. Boy do I love the weekends in Egypt.

I took a few photos before going out to dinner of my room. I will take a picture of the balcony tomorrow.

Here is my new big bed, a far cry from the twinner over at the villa:



Here is the closetish thing that im not going to use, because i actually come home in two weeks and don't feel like repacking again! I basically wear the same 2 outfits to work every day and then pajamas when I get home...no need to unpack when i'm leaving in another 14 days.





Here is me before going out to dinner, with the door open to my balcony...again i am being magical and doing the mirror reflection shot, but in order to do this i had to turn off the flash and there wasn't enough light in here so it's kind of a bad picture. I more or less wanted to show off my new scarf that I bought last week though. I love it.





And finally here is my air conditioner and how happy it makes me:





It is more than just savior from the heat. Because I can turn this on i can keep my windows closed which means no dirt and dust can blow in and cover all of my stuff, as it has been the past month, and also no mosquitos can get in.

Another perk to living in the apartment is that it is just me, Richard, and for the next few days this other woman Camilla. While I was told it was okay to walk around the villa in shorts and whatever tank tops if I wanted, i still kind of felt disrespectful since muslim men and women do live and work there. The only time i wore shorts was in my room with the door closed. Now I can wear them and not worry so much, because no one is here.

I am a bit frazzled right now because I know that I will not sleep in very late. Even this morning I woke up at 5:00, 40 minutes before my alarm went off. It is going to be a long day tomorrow if I wake up at 5:00 and have nothing planned to do...although 5 am my time should mean that plenty of you are online to entertain me....so keep that in mind! I can also now leave my computer on more since I don't have to worry about it overheating.

I may actually venture a walk on my own tomorrow to this nearby store, but we'll see how I am feeling.

That will end my post for today.

Thank you to the people who actually go out of their way to keep in touch. It really means a lot when you take the time to see how I am and let me know you are checking up.