I’m not referring to Cairo – the water here tastes like you are drinking from a swimming pool due to all the chlorine, but it is SAFE. I’m talking about the multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art New Campus. Just out on e-mail: Water Quality Issue on AUC New Campus As part of AUC’s routine monitoring and testing… Continue reading Don’t drink the water
Authorization for Departure
No kidding – I have to be authorized by a bunch of bureaucrats and secretaries before I will be allowed to depart! LOL I have begun the long and tortuous process of collecting signatures on an “official” piece of paper. We are in the 21st century, at a “state-of-the-art” campus and I am spending hours… Continue reading Authorization for Departure
Another trip around the sun
I’ve just completed my third trip around the sun since moving to Cairo. The first one marked a decade – the rest have been just as good. We celebrated this one with our farewell “Third Tuesday” happy hour(s) at our flat. We’ve been hosting this gathering for the majority of the three years here, and… Continue reading Another trip around the sun
Things we will miss
BCA booze cruises on the Nile. An entire afternoon of cruising the Nile on a lovely yacht, buffet lunch and cash bar. Life is really good. We will miss the boys of the BCA especially – they have been a family-away-from-home for us. A handful more pictures HERE. (*Disclaimer: the web page contains a mix… Continue reading Things we will miss
BackDraft: Zanzibar
I have been horribly remiss in posting more about Zanzibar. I manged to post FROM Zanzibar, and then only a SINGLE photo once I got home. I apologize but am not sorry. Things are quite hectic. So…here goes. We were in Zanzibar for about 10 days for Spring Break. One word: SPECTACULAR!!! Hot, hot, hot,… Continue reading BackDraft: Zanzibar
Stress springs eternal
Especially at this time in the semester! I *should* know better/have learned by now….and yet, in the inimitable words of my hubby, “I spend my life lurching from one crisis to the next.” The end of the semester is always stressful. Students are cranky and have already checked out for the summer. Grading MUST be… Continue reading Stress springs eternal
Mafeesh Pork!
In an unprecedented (and almost definitely ill-advised) move, the Egyptian government decided that the way to prevent swine flu in the country was to kill all the pigs. I am simultaneously stunned and not about this knee-jerk over-reaction. These actions demonstrate a distinct lack of: Understanding of the virus and its epidemiology There have been… Continue reading Mafeesh Pork!
Yogi Berra
“It’s like deja vu all over again.” Yup, it’s true. Three years have FLOWN by, and it is time to begin the grueling ordeal of relocating half-way around the world AGAIN. Looking at the bright side – we divested ourselves of virtually all the furniture, vehicles and other large consumer items before coming to Egypt. … Continue reading Yogi Berra
Zanzibari Red Colobus Monkeys!
Back Blog: Friends ROCK!
Even if they do bring ugly luggage BACK to Cairo that we were so happy to be rid of! 🙂 We have had (we think) our last set of visitors during our stay in Cairo. S & M came bearing all kinds of wonderful gifts – the best of which was their presence in our… Continue reading Back Blog: Friends ROCK!