We are sitting on Kendwa Beach on the northwest tip of Zanzibar. We just finished lunch – I had a lovely fresh fish chiapati – and I have a few pictures. I have been dreadfully remiss in my posts. I will try to go for short and more frequent, rather that posting a long and… Continue reading Tropical Bliss
More Bassily…
Another installment of the vissicitudes that mark the use of Bassily Hall. This time I must laugh heartily at myself. In the last writing, I was bemoaning the lack of equipment in the hall and then expressed my great relief that it was “worked out” in the Wednesday lecture. So, in I walk for the… Continue reading More Bassily…
University Sponsored Fun
The Faculty Services Committee always does a great job of arranging for tours around the city sites, and social events such as dinner cruises. This semester our dinner cruise was on the (fun and kitschy) Pharaoh’s Boat in Giza. The boat is FULLY DECKED OUT with Pharaonic kitsch and schwag. We were met at boarding… Continue reading University Sponsored Fun
All quiet in Zamalek
In case anyone is concerned because they heard about THIS – Jack and I were eating Chinese food at home when it happened. We are fine. We were blissfully ignorant until we heard about it on the news feed.
Bassily Hall
We now “live” on a huge state-of-the-art campus in the middle of the desert. That is what the PR people tell us. I’m still not sure what state they mean, nor which art. And it is not just the whiny, soon-to-be-leaving profs that are wondering about the choices for this move. All that, however is… Continue reading Bassily Hall
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
And even some other adjectives! I am in rant and ramble mode. You’ve been forewarned. The GOOD: In my previous post about my Core Curriculum/General Education class, I was lamenting the amount of work, the likelihood of backslide in the curriculum, and the feeling of “Why am I doing all this?”. I have been preparing… Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Perception and Praise
I have mentioned in the past that I am currently the coordinator for a general education course. This course is mandatory for all who will graduate from the University. It is supposed to give them the tools to think “scientifically” (a.k.a. critical thinking). Each semester we offer about 20 individual sections of the course and… Continue reading Perception and Praise
Wine is NOT why you come to Egypt. It is why you LEAVE Egypt.
The beer in Egypt, as dear gozi has said, is merely bland and flavorless. The local beers (Stella [NO, THIS IS NO RELATION TO STELLA ARTOIS], Sakkara and Luxor) are weak, fizzy yellow beers that are best consumed super cold, in large quantities on very hot days. Sounds like Egypt. Thank you to Stone Brewing… Continue reading Wine is NOT why you come to Egypt. It is why you LEAVE Egypt.
Paris Photos
They are, by no means, masterpieces (although some of them are works of art!) but I put together 3 pages of Paris photos. Click on the links below to see each batch. Paris Walks – loads of photos of all kinds of things we saw while meandering the City of Lights. Paris Museums – most… Continue reading Paris Photos
December in Paris
BRRRRRRRRRRR. Our Eid holiday in Paris (8 days in early December) was lovely and COLD. Gozi and I have not experienced anything verging on *real* winter since moving to Cairo. Paris in December was quite a shock to our systems! Yes – although the photo is TERRIBLE, that is SNOW. We walked the Rive Gauche… Continue reading December in Paris