soccer!

I went to another soccer game last night and had a blast! Al Ahly (one of the main clubs in Egypt) played agains a club team from Libya in the semi finals for the African cup. I went with 2 people from my colloquial class, 2 people that went to El Gouna with me, 3 people that went to the other soccer game with me, and my language partner (I practice my Arabic and he practices his English). In all, there were 5 Americans and 6 Egyptians (and 5 of who's names were all Muhammed!!) Ahly won and then finals will probably take place in a month...and I will be going!

The game was a lot different experience this team....but also a good thing. There were A LOT more girls and leaving the stadium wasn't as scary as last time. haha although there were some funny instances. Erik found a cute little Egyptian boy and kept taking pictures of him ( you'll see in the album), the streets were full of crazy drivers and fans (as usual...oh on a side note, a car spun out in front of us on our way to the stadium. Our van/bus stopped immediately and all the guys (American and Egyptian) ran out to help straighten out the car. I was very impressed) and after the game I was organizing all the money that the Americans owed with my Egyptian friends as we were trying to find a car...and this guy came up to me and was like "where are you going?" "I can help you" I thought I knew him at first and realized I didn't and all of a sudden had a really scared look on my face. My Egyptian friends (the Muhammeds) realized what was going on and made a circle around me and totally shut the guy down. Its nice to be protected. lol but after that we realized that there were a lot of random individuals standing around us so we had to move. Anyways, the game was a blast and you should check out the following pictures. If you click on the words under the picture, it will take you to an online album....

Soccer in Egypt!