August 29, 2004
Today is first day of new faculty orientation at AUC. They have a full week
of talks and tours to let us know about the university, including some sessions
of survival Arabic. Our trip downtown began with a bus ride from Maadi that gave
us a new view of the city. We got off the highway around the Citadel, which is
a fortification from Medieval times that sits on a bluff overlooking the city.
The bus then wound through streets in old Cairo.
Rush hour on the highway leading downtown as it approaches the Citadel.
