It's official.... and I can say it in 3 different languages:
I'm going to Italy tomorrow / Andro in Italia domani / haru7 italy bkra!!!!!!
I will be flying into Rome, staying at a hotel for a few days until Christina arrives there on Sunday. We are purchasing EuRail passes so that we can take trains all over Italy whenever/wherever we want! We have been asking around friends on facebook and collected contacts staying in various Italian cities who we will be able to meet up with and get tips on places to eat/go/what to do for fun/etc. Unfortunately I can't say I'm excited in Italian or Arabic because saying such a phrase in either language has a provocative connotation... but in English... I'm sooooo freakingg excited!!!!!!
And for those who care, I will be returning to Colorado on the afternoon of July 6th.
Learning languages is possibly one of the most frustrating, time consuming, and annoyingly fun things to do. I so so so so wish I could stay in Egypt longer than through July, because I feel like I am just now getting a footing on learning Egyptian Arabic - I can understand more of the random blurbs of speech I hear around me every day. Speaking of course is still kind of not happening..... but one of these days insha'allah that will change. :)
It was my birthday Tuesday! Last Friday night a bunch of friends and I went to a club called Purple here in Cairo to celebrate my birthday and another friend's birthday. It was a fun night - lots of dancing, friends, and not a lot of sleep!! Then Tuesday night, myself, Christina, Said, and a friend of Said's went ATV riding by the pyramids (same area we went horseback riding at previously), which was super fun!! One of the headlights on the ATV I was on kept flickering on and off - very convenient when you are racing through the barely moonlit desert trying to avoid things like random holes and huge sand dunes! Then we decided to go on a faluka (sailboat in the Nile) and have a drink, from which point on my night got wild - as a 21st birthday should. I blame Christina for being the instigator. Anyways.... upon my return to Colorado, I can't wait to go dancing with my ladies!! As Tess so poetically put it: "Bar-going men of the world... beware!"
Other than the birthday.... life has been as mundane as it can be in such a place like Egypt, where you are likely to see all sorts of strange things happening on a daily basis. I wonder how many skinny Egyptian men can fit on a moped going through heavy traffic? So far 4 is the most I've seen, but I'm betting that Egypt will best that soon.
April 5th (happy birthday Kayla Metheany) was AUC's international day, where students set up booths and do performances representing their countries. There was a lot of delicious food, and some fun performances too - my friend Hassan performed a song called Ba7ebek ya Masr (meaning I love you Egypt), the folklore troupe danced a couple of pieces, another girl I know did a dance for Cuba, and my friend Nancy did a folkloric dance with a large groups of people representing Palestine (I think). It was fun. Here is a picture of myself and my friend Mia (she's Moroccan, we like to bellydance together), Nancy's dance group, the folklore troupe, and my friend singing:
OK, I think that's all for now.... I'm going to go review some more Italian. :D Love you allll!!!!!!
~Kerry
I'm going to Italy tomorrow / Andro in Italia domani / haru7 italy bkra!!!!!!
I will be flying into Rome, staying at a hotel for a few days until Christina arrives there on Sunday. We are purchasing EuRail passes so that we can take trains all over Italy whenever/wherever we want! We have been asking around friends on facebook and collected contacts staying in various Italian cities who we will be able to meet up with and get tips on places to eat/go/what to do for fun/etc. Unfortunately I can't say I'm excited in Italian or Arabic because saying such a phrase in either language has a provocative connotation... but in English... I'm sooooo freakingg excited!!!!!!
And for those who care, I will be returning to Colorado on the afternoon of July 6th.
Learning languages is possibly one of the most frustrating, time consuming, and annoyingly fun things to do. I so so so so wish I could stay in Egypt longer than through July, because I feel like I am just now getting a footing on learning Egyptian Arabic - I can understand more of the random blurbs of speech I hear around me every day. Speaking of course is still kind of not happening..... but one of these days insha'allah that will change. :)
It was my birthday Tuesday! Last Friday night a bunch of friends and I went to a club called Purple here in Cairo to celebrate my birthday and another friend's birthday. It was a fun night - lots of dancing, friends, and not a lot of sleep!! Then Tuesday night, myself, Christina, Said, and a friend of Said's went ATV riding by the pyramids (same area we went horseback riding at previously), which was super fun!! One of the headlights on the ATV I was on kept flickering on and off - very convenient when you are racing through the barely moonlit desert trying to avoid things like random holes and huge sand dunes! Then we decided to go on a faluka (sailboat in the Nile) and have a drink, from which point on my night got wild - as a 21st birthday should. I blame Christina for being the instigator. Anyways.... upon my return to Colorado, I can't wait to go dancing with my ladies!! As Tess so poetically put it: "Bar-going men of the world... beware!"
Other than the birthday.... life has been as mundane as it can be in such a place like Egypt, where you are likely to see all sorts of strange things happening on a daily basis. I wonder how many skinny Egyptian men can fit on a moped going through heavy traffic? So far 4 is the most I've seen, but I'm betting that Egypt will best that soon.
April 5th (happy birthday Kayla Metheany) was AUC's international day, where students set up booths and do performances representing their countries. There was a lot of delicious food, and some fun performances too - my friend Hassan performed a song called Ba7ebek ya Masr (meaning I love you Egypt), the folklore troupe danced a couple of pieces, another girl I know did a dance for Cuba, and my friend Nancy did a folkloric dance with a large groups of people representing Palestine (I think). It was fun. Here is a picture of myself and my friend Mia (she's Moroccan, we like to bellydance together), Nancy's dance group, the folklore troupe, and my friend singing:
OK, I think that's all for now.... I'm going to go review some more Italian. :D Love you allll!!!!!!
~Kerry
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