Insomnia

I *must* be growing up – I’m experiencing insomnia!  For (nearly) the first time in my life, I wakened around 1am, tossed and turned until I finally decided to just get up at 3am.  Here it is 8am, I’m STILL at my computer, and STILL wide awake. The up-side is that I’ve managed to get… Continue reading Insomnia

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Lockdown Limbo

Yes – we are still locked in.  Every time we ask about WHEN we will know what is going on for the quarantine, we get a vague – “We don’t know”, “Mumkin in one hour”, “Soon, insha’allah“. Of course, if you READ and have looked at any of a dozen articles published by the international… Continue reading Lockdown Limbo

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More on TRAPPED!!!

No, that is not moron although I wonder…. So… Since our first post at about 9:30 this  morning, there have been many ups and downs.  Mostly downs – total, in the dumps, downs.  As I said in the previous post, we “did experiments”.  We went downstairs and attempted to get out of the building.  We… Continue reading More on TRAPPED!!!

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TRAPPED!!!

Last night, at 3:30am, there was a knock on the door to our flat.  A few minutes later, another knock.   Insomnia has been my constant companion, especially around that time, for the last few weeks, so I noticed the knock, but I CERTAINLY was not going to answer it at that ungodly time! This morning,… Continue reading TRAPPED!!!

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Don’t eat the food

I’m not talking about ALL Egyptian  food, or even all street food in Cairo.  I am actually referring to a recent Institution dinner that I attended. Here’s the story: There has been a tradition at AUC for many years in regards to the departing faculty each semester.  The administration hosts a dinner in honor of… Continue reading Don’t eat the food

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Coffee

For those of you who know me, you know i adore my coffee. I drink all kinds of REAL coffee. I abhor what passes as coffee at many places in Egypt – Nescafe. That, my dear, is not coffee. For the past 2 years, I have had the great joy and privilege of being treated… Continue reading Coffee

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Sphyrna lewini

10 August 2008 – near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, off the backside of Jackson Reef aboard the Brina I Photo from: National Geographic website 3 dives in the blue last dive – 8 hammerheads I couldn’t be more pleased

Jazz Masters @ Giza

15 February 2008 Along the lines of “I can’t believe it!” NSTIW- sitting at my desk at AUC, when an e-mail pops up (GOD I hate Outlook) saying that one of the Uni offices has FREE tickets to see the Smithsonian Jazz Masters playing an outdoor concert IN FRONT OF THE SPHINX in Giza! Yeah… Continue reading Jazz Masters @ Giza

Plumbing

Plumbing in Egypt is…..interesting. Appropriate elbow joints, couplers and teflon tape are NOT standard gear here. Flexible tubing, masking tape and silicone goop are the norm. We have a dishwasher in our kitchen that has gone through many iterations of “add more goop” to keep it from leaking all over the kitchen. It has been… Continue reading Plumbing

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