so all our flights are now booked. managed to get cheap flights from cairo to istanbul, so that's exciting. only $417 and we were originally looking at $550. all our accomodation is now booked too, so all we have to do is try and stick to the intinery we have made for ourselves. we have to live with the fact that we may not be able to see everything, just because we are trying to go to sooo many places!.
i'm a little bit nervous about the Arabic course now... I'm sure it will be fine, but everything is taught ONLY in Arabic... guess we'll learn really fast that way. I'm really looking foward to being totally immersed in another culture. my aim for this trip is to not just come away fluent (hopefully) in Arabic, but to soak up as much as i can about the history and culture and religion as I can.
so for the next 4 weeks, i have to somehow focus on my studies, which is nearly impossible becoz i'm so excited about this trip!
thats all for now
maa salama
carly
