Egyptian Museum

I spent the morning at the Egyptian museum with Aym. It's been so long since I was last there that everything seemed brand new. They absolutely refused to let me in on at the Egyptian rate of 2LE, but instead at the Tourist rate of 50LE. Yikes !! That's a difference !

I like to imagine the lives of those people long ago. Some of the stories Aym told me they've discovered ... people have really not changed a lot in 5000 years. Our environment has, our houses, our modes of transportation, our modes of communication, but not us. We still love, we still hate, we're still petty, we're still jealous and even since back then there was a search for something bigger.

Did some tourist shopping, and bought the coolest prints and calendar.

Then a night out with my cousin Am and his wife V and their son L. He is one cute little guy, hi energy and incredibly cheerful and with such a joy for life. He is a pretty special little guy. He finds joy in shaking smarties boxes near his ear (and everyone else's - 'cause he likes to share his joy) just to hear the noise it makes. He is affectionate, loving, endlessly curious and social. He is an exact replica of his dad physically. And, my mom tells me Am was just like him as a kid. It's too bad I won't get to spend more time with him at this age :(.

Also, had a great chat with V. I like her. She's got opinions, she's got taste and she's got heart. Those two are such a great couple. She told me a little about her troubles with her in-laws, and though I love my family dearly - she's right on a lot of counts. The thing is they are all good people - my aunt, my uncle, my cousins and their wives. They've all got great hearts, but people's hurts and wounds and quirks collide so they don't get along, and they miss out on each other.

Anyways, we spent the night at a new section of Cairo. I'm not sure it is even Cairo. It's a gated area and it had a little fairground/theme park. We ate, we talked and I finally got to have a sheesha. I've been wanting to do for days now.

It ended with me feeling ill 'cause I probably shouldn't have eaten what I did, and a sheesha is pretty powerful tobacco so it left me a little dizzy. But, all ended well, they had relatively (in Egyptian terms) clean bathrooms and we found gum that helped settle my stomach 'til I got home.