Market day in Cairo

April 30^th

Today we had a catch up on computer day at the hostel. Then we went super adventuring around the town looking for some veggies for dinner. Most of the numbers are in Arabic so we made a cheat sheet so we could figure out how much everything costs. One thing I forgot to mention is crossing the street... When they say walk like an Egyptian there is really a whole different meaning here. Walking like an Egyptian when you are crossing the street is a lot like the old Frogger video game. Traffic never stops so you have to start walking...with an attitude mind you...and stop when you think a car isn’t going to stop or is going too fast and then continue walking start stop walk, walk stop pause go. We are now pretty much experts at it. Oh and there are really no traffic lights that actually do red and green, it’s mostly yellow, but even if for some reason there was a red light, no one ever really pays attention to those kinds of things...they are more like suggestions. We finally get to the part of the market where they have the fruits and veggie and we are drawn down the side alley where an old man is sitting by some onions and garlic, just what we were looking for, and we ask him how much and he says “No much” and we are thinking...ok what does ‘No Much’ really mean, because here it could mean...here is how much I will gouge you for, but actually this guy just wanted to give it to us as a gift. We were thankful and a little shocked. This kind of thing doesn’t usually happen without a catch, we have become a little jaded about things lately after David’s mugging...After getting what we needed we went back to the hostel for showers, dinner, Snow Dogs the movie and Tom and Jerry cartoons.