The librarian went to Cairo last weekend and picked up over 100 books written in English. Pat has been reading a great deal since we came and was grateful for the opportunity to pick up a couple more books to read.
Today Pat spend much of the day correcting papers for the 3rd grade and constructing animal masks that the 4th grade will use in their play next week. My high school class is really an interesting group. They try to negotiate for every single point on a 10 point quiz. So far I stand firm and they go away shaking their heads when they can’t get me to change. Most are doing quite well – and it will be interesting to see how they do when more critical thinking activities are involved. Tomorrow will be a technology work day for me while Pat will be working with the 5th and 6th grade students.
Tonight as we walked around the neighborhoods, we stopped at a couple of small shops to look for cards and sunglasses. We found 3 cards (birthday, etc) at one shop and the cost was 4.5 LE or about 75 cents -- very inexpensive, while the only sunglasses we could find in the neighborhood shops cost 200 LE or about $35. In the mall, most sunglasses are much more expensive than that.
Here is a picture of the wall hanging (quilt) that Pat bargained on and purchased the last time we were in Cario. This Friday we are headed to Cairo to spend the weekend with five other couples. I’m sure the ladies will be negotiating with the Kahn merchants trying to get the best deal. We will stay at the Nile Hilton. We are a little concerned as we have heard there is going to be a demonstration throughout the Muslim world in protest to the recent comments made by the Pope. I’m sure the military will be out in full force.
