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After that we had a stop at the Memphis Museum to see Ramses II statues. It was 30LE to get in to see the art plus 2LE for parking for the car. They were cool to see. The biggest and best piece is right after you walk in. We had another lecture from our guide about art depicting pharaohs and then had 10 minutes to wander around.
We were offered a stop at the papyrus factory but we were pretty worn out by the sun, so we just opted to come back to the hotel. We got there at 2:45 so I had a bit of time to eat something before my lesson at 4. I made a sandwich and we bought some water from the front desk and then we had a good look in our mirror at the damage done to our behinds. We both have bruising and sores (I’ve ridden camels before as well as horses and elephants and never had anything like this). We are both having trouble sitting, so I wasn’t sure how dancing was going to go.
The paddywaggon had made it’s delivery just before I got there and must’ve broken down outside the gates because about 10 cops were behind it giving it a shove.
I went upstairs and Mme. Raqia told me I had to perform the choreography twice with no mistakes and then we would move on to something else. I’d been practicing the last 2 minutes so much that I hadn’t reviewed the first 4 and a half lately, so I forgot it about half way through and had to begin again. She only made me do it once and then we started working on another song from Ahlan Jasmin. I loooooooooooove it! I am so excited!! The song is amazing and I love the choreography. She was yelling “bravo!” at me and I was sooooooo happy with myself. I learned the first 1:30 of the song. It’s almost 9:00 so I’m not sure if we’ll get through it all the way before I leave but I hope so. I can’t describe how happy I am. It’s the track right after the last one we did, so I knew it a little which made a big difference in learning the choreo I think.
After that I came back to the hotel and laid down on the bed and didn’t get up again except to eat and brush my teeth. My partner went out for takeout and brought it back to the hotel. We were both in a lot of pain still so we didn’t go out again.
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