81 degrees with a chance of sand

Class 9-1.

Anyways, after class all of the girls got to go to Abduh's house to learn to cook koshary from his wife, Hayem. On the way there we stopped at the cutest bakery to get a cake to bring. It was called L'amandine and we are definitely planning on going back. When we got there, I was a little confused because there was already a bunch of food on the table. So it turned out that Hayem had already done all the cooking, and she just explained to us how to make everything. She told us how to make koshary, a chicken dish, an eggplant dish, and some sauces. I'm so excited to cook when I get home!

For the rest of the night I just worked on the blog and then hung out with people on the balcony, and then a few of us went out looking for shisha.

1. Weather mysteries busted: Today, Rob was looking up the weather on his blackberry and all it said was "81 degrees. sand." This was a little confusing, until we looked outside. It was SO hazy out, but a different kind of haze than the kind that comes from pollution... it was more...sandy-looking. I never really thought about it before, but I guess sometimes an abundance of sand just blows in from the desert and creates sand-haze in Cairo.

2. breaking barriers: When we were leaving Abduh's house, Hayem was at the door saying goodbye to us. Everyone was thanking her and saying goodbye as they went by, but I just really felt like I needed to hug her after everything she did for us. So I did, and she smiled at me, and then hugged everyone walking by after that. It really made my day to do something personal like that and get a positive reaction.

3. Games!: Today Abduh taught us how to play this game that's kind of a comination of telephone and charades. Basically half of the group stand in a line and the 1st person taps the 2nd person on the shoulder and acts out an action suggested by ther other half of the group. Then that person (whether they think they know what the action was or not) has to mimic it to the next person, and so on. The last person has to guess what the action was. I was laughing so hard when Abduh had to act out what I thought was yoga but ended up being a camel getting up.