The word is out, Sarrour is going to Cairo! And she is enthousiastic, happy AND motivated. Yet, there are dark clouds blocking some of that sunshiny feeling. I'm leaving behind an idyllic little green village, called Scheldewindeke, where birds wake me up in the morning and cows keep me company in the evening, where cars only occasionally pass by and where the local farmer smiles when one says 'bonjour pappie!'. I'm talking about this:
Hold that feeling, folks! Because this is where i'm heading to:
I'll give you a second to recover from the shock...No, I'm exagerating. Off course there is a big difference. Belgium's countryside and Egypt's capital city shouldn't be compared at all. Like I said, i'm very glad to make the trip, it will be enriching in many ways, culturally, intellectually and personally.
But it's not a bad thing to prepare myself mentally to a different kind of view, noise, food and people. In stead of green fields, I'll see a foggy sky and the singing birds will be replaced by Allahu Akbar many times a day. Foul, ta3miyya and koshary will stand in for mama's tasty soup and I will miss my friends no matter how many millions Egyptians are around . Obviously, what I'm leaving behind is precious to me, so honestly, am I trading gold for plastic? Or is there a little diamond hidden at the banks of the Nile?
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I had the chance to visit Schaldewindeke and iam sure that its between the most beautiful places in earth, i know what i mean thers no palm trees or bikinies but there are many lovely people and the nature ther is so wooow ..Cairo has different style but it's nothing comparing to windeke...You have a real chance to leave there.
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