It sucked working in Egypt, but it gave me the chance to tour n see everything I wanted to see. I couldn't believe how much time off I've had. I'm okay with leaving Egypt now. I'll miss a lot of things about it. The people can't help the way they are...it's their culture. I feel sorry for them because most of them can't get out of it. ( Read more... )

You have nooooo idea what a relief it is for me to say that Cujo will be gone tomorrow! Happy Birthday to me! No really...only Nicole can empathize with me about crazy Cujo because of the situation with Psycho Candice. What made this 100 worse was that we lived together AND worked together AND we're in a freaking third world country ( Read more... )

So I'm spending my first Christmas away from home in Luxor, Egypt. It is them most fantabulous place I can think of to spend Christmas or ANY time. I love it here so much that I can't even explain it. I felt this way the first time I set foot in Luxor. This is the hassle capital of Egypt and it is pretty annoying to have all the carriage ( Read more... )

So, the past 2 days have been riddled with strange happenings. First of all, there has been no running water for the past week at the school. On Wednesday I told my 12th graders that a school like this in the states would be shut down by OSHA or the school board or something. There is no way a school can run with 300 students and 50 teachers ( Read more... )

One of the reasons why I love being in Egypt is because I can be a tourist and work, too. Every weekend I make sure to play tourist, otherwise I would go insane. My roommate, Patrick, and I went to Cairo for the weekend. We met up with some other Americans there and stayed in an area of Cairo known as Zamalek. It's sooooo nice and the air is ( Read more... )

It's difficult to make Egyptian friends in Egypt. Everyone lives with their family until they get married, men and women. The women are allowed to work, but they don't travel and have never experienced life outside of their families. The men can travel (and do) and can get out and experience life and have things to talk about. It's difficult to ( Read more... )

I was standing in the office of the school with Kate getting ready to go to class. A man walked up to Kate (not another teacher, but a parent) and asked if she was the American. She said no and pointed to me and told him I was. The guy proceeded to tell me that he spent 22 years in New Jersey and introduced me to his daughter, who was about 10 ( Read more... )

Well, as they say in Egypt, the bowab (doorman) in the apartment building is the one you don't want to piss off. You need him for so many different things. He can go and get coffee or water for you, groceries, and fix things for you. Well, we kind of pissed off the bowab last week, but not intentionally. Actually, we didn't even realize I did ( Read more... )

Okay, so I know I make it sound like Egypt is really dangerous and I'm always running around grabbing Kate to get away from scarey people. Well, I want to say that it's not really as bad as it sounds. Don't get me wrong, though, it's scary at times, but only because I don't speak the language and I can't communicate and I HATE that! So, the guy ( Read more... )

That's one GREAT thing about working in a foreign country; when I'm not working I'm playing tourist ( Read more... )