Day 2
Can it be considered day 2 if you haven’t slept yet? Anyway, here i am in Cairo, lying on bed gazing out over the view of the Nile from 20 floors up.
As I run over the rest of the trip that has passed in my mind, these are my thoughts: 1) national treasure = waaaay better than the da vinchi code, cause it lacked all that pompous “stuff” that most movies have these days (like good acting, story lines and characters. But for real, I really liked it a lot more) 2) I didn’t sleep a wink. It’s 4pm Cairo time, and 10am Boston time. I feel great though, something must be tragically wrong with me 3) talked to steve, he confirmed that he was a VERY gassy flier. I knew it 4) Cairo is BROWN. Def not like any of the carribian cities I have seen. 5) The drivers are nuts. Constant horns and sirens. 6) Our Tour guide uses the best “sizzle” words to to justify the armed guard in our van, and the under cover police detail that followed us to our hotel. ie “tradition” instead of “required so you won’t be killed” 6) this hotel is siiiick. Honestly, they bumped us up to executive level, and we have access to their lounge… So I walk in, after not showered or shaved for a day and a half, wearing a wrinkled (post 12 hour plane ride) white t, baseball hat, and shorts, and there 4 guys in full suits at a business meeting. I realized, this is why they want to kill us. Oops, my bad. Also they have some iMacs for us to use, bit no wifi… 7) I still don’t know what I think about the book. It’s intriguing enough, so far discussing the 3 types of people that cause “trends” to start, with case studies ranging from the revolutionary war, to hipster and what shoes they wear. 8) I’m in fucking Egypt right now, that’s sofa king sweet! 9) we saw the old Democratic parties building that was lit on fire during the revolution. It has been left to stand there, “as a reminder” I was told. Not sure if this is the truth, but if it is, it’s kinda cool. It’s like the anti-monument. Instead of building something to commemorate what they did, they let the chard remains of what they let happen for to long stick out like a middle finger, reminding them no tto let it happen again. But they also may just be too busy with other things to demolish it. 10) I don’t want to live here. 11) I can see the great pyramids from my balcony! 12) the weather is perfect, much cooler then I expected (esp. out of the sun) 13) well, about to head to a welcoming meeting where our tour guide will tell us more aboutthe trip, and what to do and what not to do. Then it is dinner time. 14) Dinner was awesome, we sat outside, right in the Nile, and had the best fresh made naan like bread with amazing bobaganush, and a few other traditional sides. Then they brought out various kabob meat, on our own personal grills. After dinner, it was time to spark the hookas and sip some tea. Everyone was very hesitant at first, but after steve and I opted in, that was the “tipping point” (titular referance, bam!) soon even some people that had never smoked before where enjoying it too the fullest, and how could you not? 15) awesome day, passing out to get up early, get some Bfast and see some sites!
