Enjoy!
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Trip to Giza
I have uploaded a very poorly made video from our trip to Giza. The quality is bad and it ends very abruptly, but it's short!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Our Apartment in Cairo, Egypt
We've been in our apartment just shy of 30 days now. I guess it's about time to post a video of our apartment.
We arrived in Cairo late on a Thursday night, and the very next day we set off apartment hunting. Our school gives us a housing stipend, but we had to find our own place to live. We were put in groups of about three couples. We had a realtor and a returning teacher (or two) with us and we were off, looking at apartments in an area of town called Maadi (pronounced: ma-dee). We looked at several apartments and found one we liked on the very first day. All of the places we looked at were fully furnished, and ours was no exception. The only thing we needed to buy to be able to stay our first night was bedding, towels, and toilet paper!
Let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy the tour!
We arrived in Cairo late on a Thursday night, and the very next day we set off apartment hunting. Our school gives us a housing stipend, but we had to find our own place to live. We were put in groups of about three couples. We had a realtor and a returning teacher (or two) with us and we were off, looking at apartments in an area of town called Maadi (pronounced: ma-dee). We looked at several apartments and found one we liked on the very first day. All of the places we looked at were fully furnished, and ours was no exception. The only thing we needed to buy to be able to stay our first night was bedding, towels, and toilet paper!
Let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy the tour!
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Call to Prayer in Cairo Egypt
Besides going to school, there is one other constant in our lives here in Egypt - the Call to Prayer. I'm not going to write much about it because I honestly don't know much about it. I do know that it is a call, letting people know that they need to pray. It happens five times per day. The times are always changing due to the Islamic calendar. Other than that, I don't know much about it. I would, however, like to learn more.
Anyway, our apartment is right across the street from a mosque. It's call the Thakanat El Maadi Mosque. Like I said, the Call to Prayer happens five times per day. Right now, those times are basically 4 am, 5:30 am, 3:30 pm, 6:15 pm, and 7:40 pm. That's right, we can hear the Call to Prayer at 4 am!! Sometimes we wake up, sometimes we don't. It's becoming just an everyday thing for us; sometimes we notice it more than others. I honestly don't mind it all that much. Though when it wakes me up at 4 am, I kind of get annoyed.
It is super easy to look up what the Call of Prayer means. Basically, it is saying that God is good. We need to pray. It really is kind of beautiful.
A couple of weeks ago, I took a video of the Call to Prayer that takes place across from our apartment. I didn't record the whole thing, but it only lasts a couple of minutes.
Anyway, our apartment is right across the street from a mosque. It's call the Thakanat El Maadi Mosque. Like I said, the Call to Prayer happens five times per day. Right now, those times are basically 4 am, 5:30 am, 3:30 pm, 6:15 pm, and 7:40 pm. That's right, we can hear the Call to Prayer at 4 am!! Sometimes we wake up, sometimes we don't. It's becoming just an everyday thing for us; sometimes we notice it more than others. I honestly don't mind it all that much. Though when it wakes me up at 4 am, I kind of get annoyed.
It is super easy to look up what the Call of Prayer means. Basically, it is saying that God is good. We need to pray. It really is kind of beautiful.
A couple of weeks ago, I took a video of the Call to Prayer that takes place across from our apartment. I didn't record the whole thing, but it only lasts a couple of minutes.
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