Tuesday:
Myself, Meg and Avery took a ride around the city in our friend Moe's car. Moe drives a 1973 sky blue Volkswagen beetle with giant springs under the seats and roll down windows. Honestly, I was shocked that the thing actually started- but it ran great. (And I'm pretty sure my dad had the same car when he was in college- Meg and Avery said the same thing about their dad's). Driving with Moe was definitely an adventure, it kinda felt like riding in a race car...or driving with my roommate Liz.

Avery taught Moe the finer points parrallel parking (the old guys sitting on the sidewalk watching thought this was histarical) and after the drive we went on another 3 hour photo walk. We walked across a bridge/road thing above 26th July Street where the "sidewalk" is pretty much just a curb....BAH!

Aside from scary walks on the side of the highway, traveling with Moe is awesome. He is fluent in Arabic AND English so he can translate what the locals are saying.


Wednesday night:
As part of the participation grade for the international affairs class that I'm taking, I'm required to go to at least 6 cultural events. These events can be anything from going to the movies, learning to belly dance or going to an art opening. So last night I signed up to go to a Sufi dancing/whirling dervish show near the Khan with a bunch of other students. But when we got to the venue, we found out that the show was sold out and that the vans weren't gonna be back for an hour and a half.

Myself, Meg, Avery and a couple other people decided this was a perfect reason to go into the Khan and find some Sheesha- it ended up being a great night! And it was a lot more fun to wander around the Khan now that I've had an Arabic class- BAS (stop), SHOKRUN (thank you) and LA' (no)  were very useful!


Thursday:
Crit Day!