Wednesday, June 26
A pretty uneventful day.
Though, Professor Mahmoud Al-Batal from UT was visiting us
(one of the writer's of Al-Kitaab, the book that most universities who teach
Arabic use), and he invited us to lunch with him at a restaurant near the
school.
This restaurant was the ultimate picture of a "hole in
the wall" type of place. It's in the Old City, surrounded by old, worn
down streets, tiny beat up shops, and a sign outside that reads:
"Restaurant". Then you go in, and it's all beautiful and clean and
big and the seats all surround a glass walled-off courtyard.
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| (Though don't be fooled by the glasses: they never actually gave us beverages). |
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| Mahmoud giving an inspirational speech. I was inspired. |
The food was... interesting. Though, admittedly I didn't eat
much of the first course. I did eat the chicken and sugar cake/pastry thing, which is kind of an assault on the senses, but good.
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| Not pictured: sugary chicken. |
Then they served us this, and at first I was all like:
Then I was all like:
I don't really remember much about that day apart from that. The days were just starting to reach a certain level of normality, the beginning of our summer
pattern.
That appears to be a pretty nice restaurant! I like those dishes and table cloths or placemats? Anyway, the food looks very interesting. That's pretty neat that it was so deceptive from the outside. You know they say to never judge a book by it's cover. Also have to laugh at your photos of yourself you've inserted. I love how your sense of humor shines through in you posts.
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