I had my first experience on the metro. It was not as bad as people describe. It only cost 1 L.E to go any stop. That is about $0.18. So super cheap! Alanna, Meg and I took it yesterday and went to visit the Coptic area. It had beautiful churches. We got to see the famous hanging church, its name comes from its location on top of the southern tower gate of the old Babylon fortress with its nave suspended above the passage.It was really neat to visit all of the different churches. After visiting the Coptic area, we headed for downtown. We had lunch and just had a quick look at the Nile and some of the shops.
After heading back to Maadi, we went home to freshen up (which is needed if you walk just a mile in this heat!) and then we headed to our church picnic, where I saw several familiar faces and then also met some new people.
Today, I finally had orientation at my school. I got to meet the rest of the new teachers and got to start setting up my classroom. Carolynn and I (she is the other new Pre K teacher) got to go through tons of dusty boxes of supplies and tried to sort through everything. It is not like in the states, if you are missing something, you can go to Target or Walmart and buy it. They do have a lot of stores here but not really places to buy "teacher" or "office" supplies. We were told to make a list of things we think we need (more of a wish list) they called it. So this means I guess we may or may not get it. So I will have to make due with what I have!
It is definitely going to be a different kind of learning experience, both a new grade and a new place. But it will be fun :-)
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