Shooting Club

Cairo--shooting club

On Tuesday I went to the Shooting Club in an area called Dokki with my friends Mohamed, Mohamed's cousin, Ali, Liz, Caprill, and Stephanie. And no its not a place where you shoot...which confused me at first:) Instead it is the Costco of all country clubs and I'm sorry that I have to admit this to the Boulderites but the Boulder Country club is a weanie compared to the Shooting Club. The club is a place where very rich Egyptians go to hang out, watch their kids be involved in a variety of sports (swimming, basketball, tennis, SOCCER, pickleball, and many others), people can walk off their stresses, students can do their homework, people can eat dinner, watch tv or a movie, and there are huge playgrounds for children. This place is hughmongous and I'm sure I didn't see half of the activities available. There are even trash cans all over the place so people don't have an excuse to throw their garbage on the ground (what a concept!!). I really like this place and recommend it to anyone who decides to live in Egypt with their family, but I heard that it is really hard to obtain a membership and it is very expensive. Oh well, its worth the money in my opinion:) So I saw another side of Cairo that tourists have never seen...and I think I found the secret hiding place of soccer moms. haha I'm glad to know they're welcome everywhere (I always joke around with my friends that I'm going to grow up to be a soccer mom and drive a car that is of an obnoxious size:)) but I think in Egypt they have private drivers instead of huge gas-guzzling cars. I think I can handle that lol.