In amongst the hustle and bustle, dirt and dust of Cairo we are able to find quiet spaces! One day last week we travelled to our nearest tourist spot - the pyramids of Giza. From our home in Ma'adi this is just a 40 minute cheap taxi ride. On our arrival we had to 'fight off' at least 2o extremely enthusistic 'fake' tour guides who all approached us alone or accompanied by a camel or donkey, once we had got past the first large King pypramid then we were all by ourselves in the still of the desert and amongst these amazing ancient structures. Just for a moment time stood still - and then a coach party arrived and broke our reverie!
In our working lives we have just completed our first unit of teaching- with most of our students passing their English exams. We have both enjoyed getting to know them all and the reward of teaching a valuable, much wanted skill. Now we have a few days break and we are off to the North to Alexandria, the weather forecast is cold, wet and sandy, we look forward to an interesting few days. J
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