At ten I rolled out of bed. Did some studying and had breakfast. Called Kevin and decided to try the Egyptian Museum. Walked down Kasr Al-Eine (our street) to the cross street that Kevin lives on. We met there and walked the rest of the way to the Egyptian Museum. We arrived and went through a long security process.
They don’t allow cameras in the museum and due to this I went through three metal detectors, was patted down, and had my bag x-rayed twice. It was nuts. We did find out that it was lucky I overslept the day before. This is because the museum is closed on Fridays because it’s the Muslim holy day.
We finally waded through the security and found ourselves in the expansive Egyptian Museum. We spent the next 4 hours making our way through all the exhibits and seeing all there is to see. I thought it was a interesting museum… however, it could have been organized. Both Kevin and I felt that there were very few signs describing what we were seeing. I think this may be so that tourists have to pay to get guided tours…
Luckily, Kevin is a history major and new allot of info about Egypt and its history. As much as I enjoyed the museum I feel like it got repetitive after three hours. I can only see so many sarcophaguses before I start to lose interest. There was a very wide assortment of artifacts and it was very enjoyable to see such old sculptures, paintings, and tools. Overall I’d give the museum an 8 out of 10. My only complaints are the lack of info and the occasional redundancy. My favorite part was definitely the exhibit displaying Tutankhamen’s burial mask and sarcophagus.
I was supposed to meet some guys on the AUC club Frisbee team and play with them at 5. I left at 4:45 and headed over to Hardies (Egyptian Carl’s Jr.) to meet with Mido, the organizer of the club. They practice twice a week. On Saturdays in Zamalek and Sundays in Maadi. I met with Mido and he showed me how to get to the fields they play at on Saturdays.
I was stoked to be playing ultimate again and thought it would be cool to play with some Egyptians. It turns out the club team isn’t quite the same as it is in SD. At AUC they play co-ed and there are very few experienced players. It was still fun to run around, but wasn’t the practice I was looking for. I did run into Nick (from Georgetown) again and met his roommate (Mike) who plays for Louisville. I also met a chick (Jessie) who played for Michigan.
Played for two hours and was able to work on my throwing, however it was frustrating playing with people who didn’t understand holding a force or the basic offenses. It was also unfortunate that I was on the opposite team as Mido who felt he had something to prove to the guy from SD… lame. He came of very cocky and would continuously cut deep and call for it because he was open… he wasn’t. He also pointed constantly like I couldn’t see it. It kinda took away from the fun of the game. I hear that the crew that plays Tuesdays in Maadi is a bit more experienced, with any luck that will be better.
Afterwards Jessie and I walked back to Tahriir Square where we were both going to catch the subway back to our respective homes. I called Charles and told him to meet me at Tahriir so he could take the subway back to my place where we were hosting a small dinner. We all caught the metro and made our way back.
We got back to my place just as Evan returned from retrieving Saeed. A bit later Natalie and a few girls arrived as well. Saeed then showed us where we should do our local shopping and we bought food for dinner. We got back and Saeed showed us how to properly prepare for an Arab dinner. Dinner consisted of cheese, pastrami, eggs, fool, and flat bread. Real simple but really good. We all sat and talked for a few hours.
Everyone left at around 10:30 and I took a shower. I then wrote this and called Sara. Tomorrows the first day of school so it’s off to bed early.
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