Where did April go? The days and weeks before we leave Egypt seem to be flying by and most of them seem to spent in darkness as the power cuts continue. A power cut at home is bearable - a time to switch off the TV and computer and read or play my guitar, but a power-cut during an English lesson causes a great deal of disruption. Despite the power cuts new air-conditioner units are still being fitted, often bigger and more powerful. This is a view from our lounge window where you can see our A/C (very rarely used because it makes the dry desert atmosphere even dryer) and opposite the new large A/C units being fitted to our neighbours apartments. They are too large to even fit into the original space designed for them. Whilst we're on the subject of electricity I bet we have more light switches in our main room (a lounge/diner) than you! We have 24. There are 5 switches for lights, 3 for balcony lights, 1 for a ceiling fan, and 1 for the light outside our front door. I'm not sure what the other 14 were designed for. We find that best way to ensure that you switch on the correct switch in a cluster is to turn them all on! P
