Date Night!

I apologize that my idea of writing a couple posts over the Eid failed miserably! It was great to have the time off and Drew and I spent just about all of it getting our apartment situated, including getting everything moved out of his old house, stocking up on groceries, etc. Of course there was ample pool time :-)

This post will be fairly short but I wanted to share some photos with you all of what it's like to do an Egyptian date night. This is something that Drew has been planning on for a while now and it was absolutely wonderful! The past Thursday evening (the equivalent of Friday night in Egypt), Drew hired his boat guy.... yes, we have a boat guy. His name is Sayed and he's awesome! He never fails to have a boat meet us at the drop of a hat to take us across the Nile to the east bank of Luxor where all the fancy restaurants, grocery stores, etc. are located. Anyway, where was I... ah, yes! Drew had hired Sayed to take us out on a dinner time cruise on his boat. We stopped to pick up an awesome Egyptian feast on our way out and we then cruised down the Nile a good ways before Sayed cut the motor and we just coasted on the current all the way back to the Luxor ferry. It was truly perfect timing since just as we finished dinner the sun was setting over the palm trees. As we gently sailed downstream, Sayed made tea and coffee for us and we were able to stretch out on the top deck of the boat and watch the stars come out. It was a perfect evening.

I'm on de'Nile! 

The banana fields of Luxor... they're everywhere on the west bank

An Egyptian feast fit for a king! Roasted chicken, rice, potato chips... yes potato chips, bread to dip in tahina, three different kinds of stewed veggies and a fresh salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and what Drew discovered where eggplants stuffed with SUPER hot peppers... thankfully he spared me having to eat one : )

I will never get tired of this view...

Sunset on the Nile

We like boat cruises!

Life is good...