Comments on: Giza, Egypt http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html Too many places, not enough time (or paid vacation)... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shelly Hansen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-166 Shelly Hansen Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:56:46 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-166 Hi Nate and Shelly!! Got your postcard today from Egypt! Thanks for thinking of us and sending it out! Love seeing the pictures of your trip. Yesterday was a full lunar eclipse... did you see it? Amazing to have that happen all around the world! (Yes?!) Josie turned 10 this weekend so we have crossed the line into double digits at our house. Loved seeing the pics of Shelly with the Egyptian girls ;o) Anna's hair is becoming curly curly! She has little pencil sized ringlets around her face. She's trying to adjust to her new hair. ;o) She was hoping to avoid hormone inspired curls like mom. Erik is good, getting ready for baseball season to start at HS. Paul and I are good and busy with work. Love you and am praying for you~ Shelly Lea Hi Nate and Shelly!!
Got your postcard today from Egypt! Thanks for thinking of us and sending it out! Love seeing the pictures of your trip. Yesterday was a full lunar eclipse… did you see it? Amazing to have that happen all around the world! (Yes?!)

Josie turned 10 this weekend so we have crossed the line into double digits at our house. Loved seeing the pics of Shelly with the Egyptian girls ;o) Anna’s hair is becoming curly curly! She has little pencil sized ringlets around her face. She’s trying to adjust to her new hair. ;o) She was hoping to avoid hormone inspired curls like mom. Erik is good, getting ready for baseball season to start at HS. Paul and I are good and busy with work.

Love you and am praying for you~

Shelly Lea

]]> By: nkurtz http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-138 nkurtz Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-138 Thanks, Mark. We are back in Cairo for a couple nights and are staying in the city this time, instead of out in Giza. The city is very metropolitan, very clean, and seemingly well-organized. The only problem on the roads seems to be mindless traffic and some pollution expected from a city this big. But, no potholes yet! Thanks for your note. And yes, the people of Egypt are wonderful. Thanks, Mark. We are back in Cairo for a couple nights and are staying in the city this time, instead of out in Giza. The city is very metropolitan, very clean, and seemingly well-organized. The only problem on the roads seems to be mindless traffic and some pollution expected from a city this big. But, no potholes yet! Thanks for your note. And yes, the people of Egypt are wonderful.

]]> By: Mark Sanchez http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-137 Mark Sanchez Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:17:52 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Nate-Kurtz/giza-egypt.html#comment-137 Shelly and Nate: I'm dying to hear the rest of your impressions about Egypt. As a reporter with KOIN / Portland I traveled to the Middle East in the early 1980s. This was related to covering Governor Atiyeh's trade mission to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria. I especially remember how much I enjoyed my time in Cairo. I don't know how much has changed but the infrastructure was a mess (potholes large enough to swallow a car!), street lights didn't work and making a local phone call was an adventure. Those elements did not diminish my admiration for the Egyptian people: They are funny and fun, pretty people who did not confuse their concerns about America with their deep, positive feelings about Americans. I'm glad events during the intervening years have not changed the Egyptian warmth and friendliness I saw first-hand long ago. I know you are the best kind of ambassadors! You're having the adventure of a lifetime. Drink it all in. Shelly and Nate: I’m dying to hear the rest of your impressions about Egypt. As a reporter with KOIN / Portland I traveled to the Middle East in the early 1980s. This was related to covering Governor Atiyeh’s trade mission to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria. I especially remember how much I enjoyed my time in Cairo. I don’t know how much has changed but the infrastructure was a mess (potholes large enough to swallow a car!), street lights didn’t work and making a local phone call was an adventure. Those elements did not diminish my admiration for the Egyptian people: They are funny and fun, pretty people who did not confuse their concerns about America with their deep, positive feelings about Americans. I’m glad events during the intervening years have not changed the Egyptian warmth and friendliness I saw first-hand long ago. I know you are the best kind of ambassadors!

You’re having the adventure of a lifetime. Drink it all in.

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