Coptic Cairo was interesting. Seeing the ancient mosques and synagogues was cool. Apparently Jesus hid in one as a child or something like that. We took pictures of Zack doing various activities around the temple. NBD (cafe).
Walking through the big mosque we went to was an experience. The girls had to wear head scarves, we had to take our shoes off, etc. We also went to see where the Zabaleen, the largest group of coptic christians and some of the poorest people in Egypt, lived. There was the largest amount of trash I'd ever seen but the church in the mountain was cool, especially the "naturally and miraculously" formed virgin Mary in the roof of the cave. Caitlin and I got to ride back in Abduh's car with Dennis and Cynthia since the vans were filled up. Absolutely epic watching Abduh and Dennis talk back and forth since they've known each other so long, switching back between arabic and english.
When the group got to Abduh's house we were treated to a lavish feast of the biggest turkeys I have ever seen and tons of other food which we gorged ourselves on. We eventually left, after playing an egyptian game that seemed like violent seven-up with Abduh, and went on a sunset felucca ride. Nice way to end the day.
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