We got in around 1:30 AM this morning and drove to the hotels (poor Conner's luggage is still in Boston or Frankfurt or somewhere). Most of the arabic language kids are in Longchamps, up the street, but two other pairs and Miguel and I are in the Flamenco with the engineering and photo kids. We literally have the most beautiful room. Somehow, we're on the ninth floor overlooking the Nile with a sizeable personal porch and a pretty big room (the twin beds are pushed together for some reason though, but that happened to other people too, so whatevs). The sight gorgeous and the sleep, finally, was excellent.
This morning, all of us on the arabic portion of the Dialogue went to school for our skill testing. The test kind of raped us all but it's all good now. Most of us are in the higher, group Alif section. We spent most of class exchanging stories from past classes. Our group is pretty awesome. We also picked up some cellphones to contact each other easily and had lunch at No Big Deal cafe. We already have started to talk in arabic to the locals. Great success!
Dinner was at Cafe Noir (aka Money Burger because of a picture outside the restaurant) and we figured out they had karaoke upstairs. There's the chance of going back for Zack's birthday tomorrow. After speaking arabic with one of the workers we took a picture together. He flashed the gang signs, I'm just following his lead. Instead of writing that paper that's due soon Miguel, Caitlyn, Connor, and I have been chilling on our beautiful porch. Now off to roam the streets of Cairo at night and pyramids tomorrow!
PS - Cat Scratch Fever + King Curt Story Time
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