What will we miss?
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007We leave tomorrow ISA (for our non-Egyptian friends, that means in sha’allah, or “God willing”) to return to the familiar world of American strip malls, pizza by the slice, and coffee-to-go. I’m already waxing nostalgic about Cairo…so what will we miss about Cairo?
1. In the morning, the sound of a man’s voice calling out his produce for sale from his donkey cart in the street below.
2. The rush I feel when I weave through traffic, cars brushing past me, on the Corniche.
3. Knowing that the Nile (the Nile!) is just two blocks away.
4. Juicy, red tomatoes all year long from my local market.
5. How easy it is to walk out my door and see buildings that are 800 years old.
6. Riding in a taxi which seems to be held together with string.
7. The happy horn honk (beeeeeep-beeeeeep-beep-beep-beep) when a wedding caravan cruises by, or when Ahly wins a soccer game, or when someone just feels happy.
8. The routine of eating dinner at 10pm and going to bed at 2am every night.