From a land were everyone yells and it rains garbage.

Greetings from Luxor! Egypt is pretty amazing, I could go on forever- but I don't have long time at this ghetto Internet cafe. We are in luxor right now which is approximately a million times cleaner and less busy than Cairo. We're going to a temple today and then a faluka ride on the nile - then its another night train back to Cairo. I'd say for sure the coolest things i've done so far are: 1) camel ride by the big pyramids of giza 2) seen the tombs in the valley of the kings 3)but sadly they wont let you take pictures 3) made a fool of myself everytime I try to talk in arabic. If you're bored and want to see some of my pictures go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35316747@N05/sets/72157617327455881/

Hope everyone is doing well!

I made it to EGYPT!

So its 5 am here, haven't slept all night, and I need to be ready to take a night train to luxor in about an hour. I will add more pictures and actually write something as soon as I have internet again. In the mean time, here is a pic I took of an awesome camel, and Angie and I in front of the step pyramid. 

Easter Weekend

Dan and I were able to have a great Easter weekend - Together! I flew to Tucson and Dan met me there. 

I was not sad at all to see the landscape of cold, snow-capped mountains transform into warm, barren cactus filled desert!
We did a lot of shopping at the Mall. I got some clothes for my big trip and Dan is modeling his new scarf. The rental car and its navigation system was awesome by the way - locate nearest ice-cream shop- done!
Me and my new shoes - the last pair at Aldo. It made me feel very victorious. We also saw Adventureland (wouldn't recommend) and ate at a Chinese Bistro (also, wouldn't recommend).
My cousin Jenni was kind enough to host Dan and I at their house for Easter dinner. She is a easter dinner extraordinaire: lamb!, couscous, lots of veggies - and brownies and ice-cream! Daniel gave my Dan lots of great advice, I got to chat with Jenni, and their little guy was entertainment for all!
We capped off our adventure with something we share a great affinity for: Pizza Hut. So ghetto, and so good. It was so nice to see Dan and spend some time together. Now I just have to survive the next week of finals, and then its off to Jordan!