Hi,

I actually wrote this a while ago but didn't have time to post it!

kfc and university

Once again I’m not sorry for writing a lot. The Arabic program that I’m in is hard and it takes up a lot of my time, but I absolutely love it. However, I still manage to meet new people and undergo new experiences.
I met an Egyptian girl, we’re supposed to be language partners, but I’ve been busy. During our first visit we met at KFC. Yes I know, fast food restaurants and not healthy meeting places…but this KFC is a special KFC and she was the first person who was willing to go with me This KFC is special because all the workers are deaf. It is a community shares restaurant and its goal is to help people with disabilities find work. Its truly a great concept and the workers are really really nice. They taught me some words to say in sign language and they are really funny. I went there to watch the US vs Brazil soccer game and they were all making fun of me the whole time. I really like hanging out there and trying to talking to the workers (if I can’t understand, then the manager explains it to me) but going to KFC every week will be a really bad habit!! Hahaha. If you are interested in learning more about this restaurant, you can read this article:

http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7783

Hopefully I will go there again. I miss my friends.

I also met some people (friend of a friend and brother of a friend) who are learning American English at Cairo University. So I met them there and they gave me a tour of the campus. It’s big and nice. Haha I thought it was crowded, but apparently it wasn’t that crowded. Oh dear. Anyway, I was able to see the building that President Obama held his speech. Unfortunately I couldn’t go inside, but I could take a picture outside the building.

Those are my two main adventures so far. I will write next about my washer and my fun time with the Landlady who manipulates the writing in the contract. But my bowab and my friends helped me….lol but I have NO clean clothes. Gross.