Rain, Bombs, and Beer Pong! Oh my!

Sooo, this has been quite an interested past few days. While I was at work yesterday, we were looking outside and the only thing I was thinking was ‘OMG PLEASE RAIN!” There were thick, gray clouds I hadn’t seen in 2 months that just screamed rain. And then it finally happened; it rained in the desert. And it was glorious. As most of you all know, there was a terrorist bombing targeting tourists in one of Cairo’s most famous and largest markets, Khan el Khalili this past Sunday evening. I was just at Khan Khalili a few weeks ago with some other AIESEC interns along with some Egyptian @ers and it is a really historic and busy marketplace. You can find all kinds of souvenirs, jewelry, scarves, cafes, shisha, and tons more. It's really a shame that such an event would happen here. Anyways, upon hearing this news, I could hardly believe it because for some reason it just doesn’t seem like it would’ve happen here in Cairo. But it did, and it definitely freaked me out to an extent, and then I realized that I couldn’t just walk around this amazing city scared and anxious that something like this could happen again. So I put it behind me and I’ll just keep it movin! If you want to read more about the event, click here
And the beer pong, this requires a bit of story behind it. My roommate and I were meant to be at her boyfriend’s cousin’s wedding on Thursday night. We got all ready to go in our ‘conservative’ dresses to party the night away at our first Egyptian wedding, and then the military stepped in. The last night of the wedding was held in a military area for some odd reason and foreigners are strictly not allowed in these areas, so we had to take our dolled-up selves and head on home. ☹ Well I was NOT going to let some lame Egyptian Soldier ruin my night! So We hopped in a cab over to Maddie’s in Zamelek, which is a pretty island in the middle of the Nile. And what do I see the second I walk in the door of her party…BEER PONG! It was like someone just plucked me out of Cairo and dropped me in the middle of Georgia Tech’s fraternities. Of course I had to play and introduce my British roomie to this great American Pastime, and of course I won. To make things even more bizarre, my opponent is also a Georgia Tech student studying in the American University in Cairo (AUC)! Weird, I know. Hopefully the next few days will calm down some, however I will be at an Akon concert on Thursday so maybe not!!