...daily business got me already...

Since I found out that I just have to ask the hotel crew for turkish coffee if I do not want the watery Nescafé the Arabs love imcomprehensively my mornings start better. I know my way to school including where to cross the street without to much struggle and where to shout to make the microbus stop. I know some people I meet frequently for chatting (indeed mainly Arabic although it is still very tiring), tea and other action. I met some people from the media scene, journalists and academics, copied some arabic books concerning my topic and even did some touristic stuff like visiting the incredible Egyptian Museum. I get along with the locals very well although I have days, in fact only situations where I really would like to hit someone - usually a young male tout staring at me or telling me in English or French that he wants to welcome me...

It's only one more week to go and I just decided to slow down a bit. Reason number one: Temperature reached almost 40 degrees Celsius yesterday and today and is expected to be as high as this until Thursday, maybe even Sunday. Reason number two: during the last couple of days I saw serveral women seemingly close to a collapse and feel that the city is really draining my nerves. I have had some trouble before I headed for Cairo and I will have lots of work when I come home, so I prefer to spend my remaining time focussing on the language, meeting people for private fun only and experiencing the beautiful sides of the city. In mind I have a Sufi dance event, definitely a shopping tour through Khan Khalili and I haven't visited the Citadel yet although I can see it from my hotel room.