Woke up late today… 1:30 pm. I had planned on going to the Egyptian Museum today. Looks like that isn’t happening. Did some studying instead.
At 4 I called home to talk to my parents. It was 7 am there but it was the only time I knew I could catch them before they got busy. It was good to hear everyone’s voice again and hear stories from back home. It wasn’t enough to make me homesick, but a bit nostalgic. It’s also good to know that people are thinking about me back home. After I got off the phone with my parents I gave Sara a wakeup call to say good morning.
Evan and I decided that we needed groceries so we headed out to the local market to see how we could do for ourselves. We found a place selling bread and bought enough flat bread to last us a few days. We then also found a local take out shop and got the typical bread toppers. We bought babagunush, fool, falafel and Tahini. It cost us less than 15 pounds. Super inexpensive. We walked back to our place and made a small snack out of the groceries.
We got a call from Natalie who wanted us to show her and some friends a good place to eat downtown. However, by the time Evan and I caught the metro and headed downtown they had already found a restaurant. There was about a group of 10. We joined them and got fried chicken. It was a good fried chicken, but not my favorite food so far this trip.
From there we walked them back towards where our hostel had been showing them downtown. We stopped at an outdoor café and ordered some tea and a few sheeshas. Evan called Saeed who came to meet us. We introduced Saeed to our friends and we all talked for the next few hours. Charles, who also speaks Arabic, hit it off with Saeed pretty well.
After some time we decided to depart and headed back towards Tahriir Square. Some of the group decided to go back to their dorms in Zamalek. The rest of us proceeded to Café Riche to get a few beers. We stayed at Café Riche till it closed at midnight, each of us trying a few of the local beers. The best by far is the Stella brewed locally. It reminds me a little of Heineken. Its drinkable but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s good.
By the time the café closed we were joined by more AUC students who wanted to go to a local outdoor café. They are everywhere, in case you were wondering. We found one and stopped there for awhile. We got way overcharged for the tea and sheesha. I guess that’s life.. It was fun to meet more students though and I feel like I am making allot of connections.
Around two we decided to call it a night. Evan and I said our goodbyes and headed for the metro. Caught the metro back to our place. Took a shower and fell asleep.
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