Take a listen to my daily alarm clock

Well, I have almost been in Cairo for a week now and am starting to feel settled in. I arrived on Sunday night, but unfortunately my luggage didn’t make it with me due to a delay I had. It came a couple of days later and was no big deal though. On my last flight to Cairo as I was sitting down on the plane I heard a voice from behind me ask, “Are you Brian?” It turned out that my coworker, Dena, was not only on the same plane as me, but was sitting right by me, which was cool.

We started work the next morning and I have been pretty busy since I got here. The students won’t arrive until this upcoming Wednesday, but there are plenty of preparations to make before they come. Dena, who I work the most closely with has lived in Cairo for almost 3 years now and is a wealth of knowledge as well as a fun person to hang out with, so I know we will have a fun semester working together.

One of my good friends from Wheaton, Amir, is an Egyptian guy who is finishing up his last semester this spring. He is here in Egypt for Christmas break, and I was able to see him this past week. In Egypt, Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7th, so I got to experience two Christmases this year. Amir invited me to go to his church and then over to his families house for Christmas Eve dinner. It was awesome to be able to spend time with a good friend and his family on his home turf, and I’m looking forward to when he graduates and moves back here so we can hang out more.

My place is nice as well. I live on the 7th floor of an apartment building, right across the street from a mosque. I have more than enough space, with a 2 bedroom flat to myself. I’ll post a little video tour of it when I have a chance perhaps next week. I am excited about living here! Living in my own place in a different country is also kinda cool. I have been studying Arabic a lot in my free time and am really looking forward to the students’ arrival.

I updated my contact information and the site has undergone a bit of a makeover as well. Hope you enjoy, feel free to contact me with questions or just to tell me what’s up!