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9/20
Wow! This is the start of our third week in Cairo. I can’t believe the time has passed so quickly. Now we are planning how we’ll spend our last 12 days.
I was even more sore in the morning than I was the night before. That camel nearly killed me. So I decided to stay in and read and rest. My lesson was planned for 4 so my partner took off to see the Train Museum. His report: “lots of trains.”
I timed myself to get to Mme. Raqia’s after the convicts, so I was there almost right at 4. We worked on the new choreo from yesterday for a bit. I still have some of the hands and arms wrong but the rest is good I think. I learned the next 30 seconds. Mme. Raqia usually rests around 5:30. Someone else has snaked my morning spot now and I’m the 4:00 girl, which is ok for me because before we could only do afternoon things and now we can do morning activities. Because almost everything shuts down in the afternoon, it’s better to have mornings free during Ramadan.
Also I can walk home at 5:30 and not worry (as much) about being harassed-everyone is breaking the fast then. Only 1 man followed me. I had headphones on though so it was even easier to ignore him. He kept asking me “Do you speak English?” but I kept walking and he gave up pretty quickly.
We had take out from Solo’s again. It’s not great but it’s close and cheap.
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