Casa to Cairo

My Cairo-bound plane left Casablanca at 1 AM on Saturday morning, and I had maybe two (fitful) hours of sleep during the flight. Arrived safely in Cairo and am relieved that, so far, most people seem to speak at least some English! Attempting to communicate in my broken French was getting kind of old.

Cairo is a huge, sprawling city with old and new, dirty and pristine areas. After checking into my hotel, which is in the middle of downtown, I walked around for a little while and then took a shower and crashed for a nice long nap. Then I ate my very first Turkish coffee! (Ate is the correct word for this thick, crunchy, strange tasting caffeine buzz.)

There are only 6 of us in the tour group and we met up with each other and our tour leader at 6 PM for an introductory meeting. Our tour leader’s name is Mudi and he seems pretty cool, and the rest of the group consists of a married couple from Scotland (Nic and Euan), an Aussie (Nathan), and two Canadian boys (Brian and Spencer). Everyone seems really great and I think we have a nice dynamic, so it should be a fun trip!