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back in Cairoback in Cairo Everyone has been asking me if things feel or look any different here in Cairo after the revolution.  When I left, there were tanks in my neighborhood, a curfew, lots of gunfire, there was no internet, and Mubarak was still president.  Now, Mubarak is gone, the police are back on the streets, the tanks have rolled out,...

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from ancient to medieval in Cairofrom ancient to medieval in Cairo On Tuesday we started our day with a cab ride to Tahrir to see the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. We spent a few hours enjoying the Tutahnkamun exhibit, Akhenaten collection, and other ancient art and artifacts of Egypt. We then took a taxi to the Citadel. The views of the city were stunning. We...

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weddles in luxorweddles in luxor This past week has been a whirlwind!  After seeing some sights around Cairo with Ryan, my parents arrived and we left for Luxor.  We arrived in Luxor around midday and decided to check out Luxor Temple in the afternoon sunlight.  It was incredible.  The city of Luxor creeps right up to the edges of these ancient sites,...

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Mount SinaiMount Sinai Last weekend we went on a faculty trip to Mount Sinai.  After a 9 hour bus ride through barren, empty, desert, along the eastern coast of Egypt and across the Sinai Peninsula, we made it to Dahab where the best thing about our hotel was the coral reef meters from our room.  Another 2 hour bus ride through a forbidding...

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Unfinished ObeliskUnfinished Obelisk Once we got to Aswan and after a crazy taxi experience that entailed some serious driver rivalry, keys stolen from the ignition, a chase involving a tire iron, and a group of tourists, ahem, us, quietly unloading our luggage and finding another cab... (yeah, I know, OH EGYPT!) Anyhow once we got to Aswan, we decided...

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hand in hand’s the only way to land

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Found Rabbit

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Last week, my sister took in a lost domestic rabbit that was found hopping around somebody’s garden at McChord AFB.

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…than to be in Carolina

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After touring Reynolda, we made a quick stop at one of the most memorable places from my childhood: Krispie Kreme. 

Sure it looks like any old Krispie Kreme doughnut shop in any old place, but it isn’t.  It’s one of the original stores from before you could get a Krispie Kreme doughnut in Arizona or Oregon or Hong Kong, for that matter.   I actually have lots of memories of riding in the family van to this place filled with hope that the “Hot Doughnuts Now” sign would be illuminated.  Unfortunately on this hot summer day… it was not.  But for old time’s sake, we had to get a box to go.

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Nothing could be finer

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A couple of weeks ago we decided to take a day trip to Winstom Salem where my earliest memories come from. We got lunch with some longtime family friends and had a lot of fun visiting and catching up.   We then embarked on a whirlwind day of sightseeing.  If I could remember it, we visited it.  First up on the memory tour was Reynolda House.

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it’s raining, it’s raining

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After a few days of scorching heat and merciless sunshine, it’s finally raining.

But for the record, it’s still 95 degrees so it sort of feels like a sauna on the sun porch, but that’s okay.

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our yard rabbits

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There are two rabbits that have apparently discovered that our dog Otto is perhaps no longer the best guard dog in the neighborhood and have made themselves quite comfortable in my parents’ backyard.

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hello summer

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This weekend we went to the Cary Farmers’ Market.  It was wonderful!  SO many beautiful tomatoes, beans, melons, jams, and pastries.  It was fantastic!

Surprisingly enough, now that there is a sufficient amount of time between me and my backyard laboring last summer when we had our giant tomato harvest of 2009 and the mini cornfield complete with invading bugs and sad, little corn harvest, I now have nothing but fond memories of the whole experience and can’t wait to be settled somewhere someday where we can grow our own food again.  There is something really rewarding about eating food you’ve watched since it was just a little flower.

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man’s best friend

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I’ve enjoyed getting spend some time with Otto over the last week or so.  He is probably hands down the world’s best dog.

We got Otto in 1997 — right after we moved to Phoenix and just before we entered the oh so lovely eighth grade.  I’ll spare everyone the story of what a difficult transition that was, but little Otto came to the rescue and cheered us up whenever we were feeling blue.  There is really nothing quite like a puppy to cheer you up… especially when he’s adorable and about the size of a baked potato!

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