Dear friends,
I'm so glad you've been able to make it to this site! This last week I've been scrambling to get all my vaccinations (6 injections in 2 days--yee haw!) and to try to find a job for next summer. The placement test for Arabic was hard-to-impossible but not too emotionally painful, and I've also been shopping for 100% cotton clothes. According to all the online fora where people give advice on traveling to Egypt, they say 1. that you'd better cover up and 2. that it is Hot! Luckily I've got a jump on things due to a timely Christmas present from Mom and Dad.
I'm sure I've been over-thinking this trip, but as I read online accounts of other travellers to Cairo, they say that many people who get there act (and dress) like they're still in their home country. This is not my intention. The movie "La Dolce Vita" keeps popping up in my mind too, with its characters who have a hard time getting out of party mode.
The title for the blog was hotly (that's an overexaggeration) debated. A couple people talked me out of "friendlyamerican.blogspot.com" because its potential sketchiness factor. One brainstorming instance produced "Chicairo" (you know, like Chicago but with Cairo...) which I still think is priceless, but "Cooler by the Nile" was the compromise. Pictures and details of my 6-month adventure studying abroad at the American University in Cairo to come. Email me if you'd like my contact info.
6 comments:
Laura, you're in Egypt! That picture is too fantastic for words. This blog business was a great idea. I'll definitely check it regularly. Oh and just so you know, G-town was -8 degrees when I got back from break. So hope you're enjoying your sunshine!
Laura! Exciting!! I hope that you have a wonderful time abroad. I just got back from Japan and if I could I would be back there right now. Live up every moment. looking fwd to your updates!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!
cool! i'm excited you are keeping a blog. best of luck, dear roomie.
Laura, I look forward to following your trip. It's exciting. It'll be quite a semester. Love, AJ
Dude, the American University at Cairo totally came up in my class... well, actually the teacher said that it was easy to be in a bubble there (w/r/t political freedoms)--but I'm sure that *you* will be far more aware.
I honestly think that cooler by the nile is hilarious. I look forward with great anticipation to your, er, exploits?
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