Winter!!!!

Winter has finally come; well I would not really call it finally, as it is freeeezzzzingg!!! They warned me about the cold, but I did not realize that I would have regretted giving my parents those one or two polo necks and thick fleeces!!!

The wind is terribly strong!!! Especially where I live right in front of the sea.  It is impossible to open the doors cause of the strong wind, and I sleep tucked in my sleeping bag with socks hats and my sheet over my head.  Thank god the AIESECers are donating a couple of blankets to avoid their trainee freezing to death!!!

There are advantages to winter though!!!  I get to wear nice woolly cozy tops, I get to enjoy a hot chocolate and tea, strawberries are in season, I can wear boots, and I can cover myself up so as not to avoid stares without boiling to death!!!

Winter also means cuddling up with friends in front of the TV, or having nice dinners at people’s houses.

Amanda (US), me, Poo and Purvi downtown!

Nassef’s mum made a delicious dinner for us the other day.  It was so nice to be with friends in a home, to feel warm and eat good food!!!!   Just like when Luli had invited us over for iftar!! It was cool to sit round a table and eat delicious home made Egyptian food.

The weekend was also fantastic! It was Poo’s last weekend in Alex before she goes home for 5 weeks!! Alex will not be the same without Poo.  She is actually the one who keeps the people together.

Sunset in Midan Saad Zaghoul

So we enjoyed a breakfast in Trianon then, a nice Alex sunset in Midan Saad Zaghoul and finally hot chocolate in an amazing little café in a part of Alex I had never seen next to the Opera House.

The Beautiful Opera House

On Sat Purvi and I spent an amazing relaxing day!!!  We cooked the most amazing dinner ever then went for milkshake with Dina, my favorite Egyptian colleague, and finally we hit the shops until Nassef rescued us and took us out for fruit juice!!!!

 Hot Chocolate on a cold night!!!

I am now in Cairo, ready for a weekend in the City………