One of Yasmin's relatives here is part Greek, so he invited the two of us and Brigitte to dinner at the Greek Society of Cairo, which is located right on the Nile. It was a very cheery group, and since almost everyone was Christian [mostly Greeks raised in Egypt], they weren't afraid to let the alcohol flow. One of the guys was consuming quite a bit, and Brigitte's conversation with the man's friend went something like this:
"He was a lawyer."
"Oh, what is he now?"
"Drunk."
After dinner, we danced and shouted "Opa!" a lot.
The Nile and some of the big hotels from the Greek Society's anchored boat.
Yasmin and I then met with Will and some of his friends visiting from the US at the Buddha Bar in the Sofitel hotel - hotel bars are a popular place to go out, especially for foreigners, it seems, since there just aren't that many other places that serve alcohol. It was a very fancy [and expensive] place, with a view of the Nile, and I felt worlds away from the Cairo I had been living in.
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