Squirrels

Boston Time: 6:03 PM 13 May
Cairo Time: 1:03 AM 14 May

Currently, Nick and I are sitting on the sidewalk of GOAL restaurant behind our hotel. Had a very busy day and burnt out from my first 24 hours of reporting: last night at the Flamenco Festival, talking with an Al-Ahram journalist this morning, this afternoon shadowing the Arabic Dialogue students who tutor English at St. Andrew’s to refugees and then taking a mystic womb dancing lesson. As I sit here attempting to condense my day into the blog, my computer charger sitting in a plant as it dangles through the restaurant window, I am more interested in getting some video of the cat underneath a neighboring table. Cats here litter the streets like squirrels back home. Acquiring some good street-cat footage has proven more difficult than it should considering the plethora of felines roaming the city streets.

Culture Wheel

Boston Time: 4:22 PM 12 May
Cairo Time: 11:22 PM 12 May

Tonight we ventured to the El Sawy Culture Wheel for the Cairo Flamenco Festival’s flamenco guitar recital and movie screening. It was impressive and beautiful music but AWFUL LONG! By the time the two hour movie had ended, only three people remained in the audience even though they said the sold about 70 tickets to the show. Andrea and I are attempting to write a review on the performance.

I cannot seem to force myself to relive the experience just yet, but check out Christina’s account, 3 Painful hours, on her blog.