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hey there!  sounds like you're settling in well.  I would love to experience what you are experiencing (sans the headless horse in the river - could you imagine if that was in the states? it would certainly be on the news - in egypt, I be no one blinked an eye). 

as far as missing anything good, you'll have to read up!

Hey alb - I have been wondering how you have been.  That is so exciting!  You are definitely missed.  The Dallas area gals are trying to get together in October...we will definitely miss you!

You should post some pics of your neighborhood.  I hope you have an amazing time there and please give us updates!

OOPS - I just read that you will be here in October!!!  I am so excited!!!

I'm glad you are doing well and enjoying your new life (sans MIL).  =)

How is your pregnancy going?

Please post some pics- I would love to see a more typical life than a touristy one (for example the pics of when someone vacations there). Oh and please post some of Lucy too! 

Hey there!

So good to hear from you.  What an amazing experience.  Keep us up to date and post pics if you get a chance.

Hey again girls--I will definitely post pics as soon as I can.  I plan to take a bunch this weekend and hopefully will have them uploaded shortly thereafter.  To answer your individual questions and comments:

D--You're right about the Egyptian gov't not carrying about things like the dead horse in the river.  I guess the locals are immune to the diseases the water carries so the gov't doesn't care.  I don't know any expat who would dare to go near that water or even the tap water though.  The even weirder thing about the dead horse was that there were small children playing about 100 ft away in the river!  The things we've witness the Egyptians do here never cease to amaze us.  They seem to have no concern for their safety or anyone elses.  It's really odd, but fascinating.    

Ayo--Yes I regret that we didn't get together--it's my fault, I was super stressed out and overwhelmed b/c we left.  did you ever get tog. w/ dewdk?  You should! 

HeatherLynn--Thanks for asking about my pregnancy.  it's going well so far--I'm about 6 1/2 months now.  I am so glad that I haven;t had any problems so far.  I do have to go back to the States to have the baby though, because the medical care here is appalling!  I'll post some new pics of Lucy, as well as Cairo, soon.  I hope things are well with you!

Misty--We do have the webcam but we got it on our own volition (I wanted my parents to see Lucy).  The MIL has been keeping a low profile recently--thank God--although I am SURE I will be pulling out my hair once I get to Ft Worth.  I think Lucy and I will have to stay with them in Dallas for at least one weekend--so you'll definitely be hearing from me then (I'll need to breakaway)!

NCShopper--The shopping is kind of hit or miss.  There are some things you can get here that are great quality and cost next to nothing--mostly things for your house.  They have quite a few really cool stores w/ home accessories, etc. that I've frequented, mainly b/c the clothes shopping pretty much sucks.  You can also take a picture from a mag or catalog of a piece of furniture and they'll make it for like a fifth of the price.  I've found one brand of organic cotton baby clothes that's sold in high end stores in the states but is dirt cheap here--so I've stocked up on that stuff.  There is a Mexx here that I plan to check out--not sure if prices are the same.  Also, I hear that there are a coupe of stores that sells BR clothes for super cheap, b/c they're made here, and not all of it gets exported. Not sure if it's anything good or just the rejects though.  Anyway, I'd say in general, compared to Europe, the shopping suckes UNLESS you do your homework and find the good stuff.  It's been fun hunting for good shopping though!  If anyone's interested, all post when I find something good.  Oh also, you can have clothes made for a good price.  I have a file of dresses and other stuff I've ripped out of mags to show a seamstress after I have the baby and lose my baby weight, so that will be fun.  Okay, sorry to write a book on this! 

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hey alb, good to hear from you. i'll be looking forward to seeing any pics you decide to post!

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