The prophecy has been fulfilled; the dream has come true; the camel has been ridden.

Today I traveled with ISSO (International Student Services Office) and a bunch of study abroad kids to Giza and Saqqara, where I stood witness to the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, and the step pyramid designed by Imhotep, to name a few. Looking back at the pictures now, I hardly believe my eyes. It's pretty surreal to spend one day sitting in class or the local coffee shop, just like I would in Manhattan, and then to visit ancient relics the next. Egypt is full of these surprising juxtapositions. Ornate Islamic mosques next door to Vodaphone wireless, the Egyptian Museum beside the traffic-jammed Tahrir Square, and the street children begging in English outside the gates of AUC--the most expensive school in Cairo. One minute I'm going about my daily routine, unaware that I'm living in a markedly foreign country for 4 months. Then suddenly I'm struck by the grandeur of the pyramids or the reality of the butcher hacking meat in his stall, and I realize where I am. Wow.

P.s. I ate pigeon again, and I enjoyed it.