August 26, 2007

I met my roommate this morning (or rather afternoon since I woke up at 12... but I went to bed at 4 am so I have a good excuse. As a tangent, pratically all of Cairo was still awake!! They stay up during the night …even the really young and old…and sleep during the day when its really hot). My roommate (Janan) is really nice and I’m lucky to have her. She’s been in Cairo and knows her way around. She showed me around and took me to street9 which has all the cafes and coffee shops…what I expected nicer areas of Cairo to look likeJ (a very nice relief). I sat down at Beanos, which has wireless and caught up on my email and surfed the internet. I ended up staying there for 3-4 hours! But I guess ppl usually stay longer. Also, the food was really good. I had a chicken wrap with peppers but I forgot to say no ice with my mineral water. When I came home I felt really sick and took some medicine right away. No problems so farJ After going to the grocery store I took a taxi home (1st time all by myselfJ ) but I got jipped and he charged me 5 pounds. The cost is supposed to be 2.50 or 3 pounds. I was firm and tried arguing and he wouldn’t budge so I just paid the 5 pounds because I wanted to get out of the middle of the street. With the crazy driving you never know what will happen!! Insha-allah (God Willing) I’ll do better with the taxi next time.