2 Days Down & a Long 18 to go!

Finished only 2 days of class and am ready to die of boredom. I am growing very weary of the constant need of some of the students to be recognized and validated after each comment the teacher makes. One Egyptian guy is constantly making remarks to try to prove he knows everything; then he sets off the his foreign comrades, who all also feel the need to be king of the hill. Their sexist remarks are getting on my last nerve! Yvonne & I don't think we're going to last at this rate. Even our main instructor is getting fed up with the one guy. Someone needs to explain to all these people that this class is pass/fail.

On a positive note, Yvonne and I discovered Zanilli's, a great Greek/Egyptian restaurant for our lunch break from school - good thing since I mistakenly ordered a liver fajita yesterday. Can you say, "gross"? No more pointing at pictures to communicate what I want.

No more drinking while here either, since there is no place other than Groucho's, and their prices fluctuate based upon how much they think they can rip you off. One day a Heiniken cost $5 if you go in the bar with men; then it can be $7 if you go in without any men; then it can go back down to $4 if you go with Egyptian men. Go figure............

Yesterday, after class, I went to the beach with the school passes for the umbrella and beach. One of the beach chairs/umbrella owners came right over to me after I settled in and told me my chair would cost 2 Egyptian pounds. I told him I had no money on me. So he said I could pay him 5 pounds the next time I came to the beach. I laughed (sure buddy, like I'm going to pay you for a chair I didn't pay for 2 days ago). Well, darn if he didn't find me today in a vast sea of humanity - asking for his 5 pounds. I told him again that I had no money, and went off to another section of the beach and sat in a free chair.