Wrapping up

May 31, 2010 - 11:00pm
We spent class today working on our books. By Wednesday or Thursday, Rob wants us to have 90 photos ready for the website, which I'll code asap and put up in the gallery. For Thursday's class, our final class, Rob also wants to see rough drafts of our final books.

We had individual meetings in class today (outside - it's getting quite steamy here as it approaches June!) and Rob suggested I show my architectural photos in black and white for my final. I'm intrigued by the idea, and I'm definitely happier with them overall, now that I see them in a different way.

We got Munch & Bagel delivery (everything can be delivered in Egypt, on the back of a Vespa) for lunch, then spent the rest of the afternoon editing and writing our book reviews for The Yacoubian Building. Avery, Meg, Maddie and I had dinner at the hotel bar, and had a pretty relaxing night overall.

June 1, 2010 - 10:45pm
Today, we were planning on going to the Pharonic Village for a shoot during class. Unfortunately, tickets were unreasonably expensive (and completely different from what the website and our guide books said), so we scrapped that idea. Four of us (plus Rob) went "back to the office" and worked more on editing. I got a decent amount of work done in class today, and spent the rest of the night editing photos and designing my book. After class, a few of us went back to Euro Deli for lunch, which took so long that I ended up skipping my last Arabic class. I didn't feel bad about it, because it gave me a good chunk of time to spend on my photo final.

Tomorrow night is our last overnight in Egypt - we leave the hotel Friday morning at 2am for the airport! I can't believe it! I've been thinking a lot about all the things I'll miss about Egypt. I'm definitely ready for some reverse culture-shock when I get home.