March 15, 2003
Hi, everyone. Phil here, from Cairo.
We just returned from a very nice sunset picnic on a felucca in the Nile. It was arranged by Jere Bacharach and there were seven of us on the boat, plus the “captain.” (Jere, as most of you know, heads the American Research Center in Egypt here and was head of the history dept. and Jackson School of International Studies at U of Wash for many years). Barb and Jere brought barbecued chicken and shish kebobs; we brought “sweets” from our favorite candy store (David, I think we went there when you were here), and Fran and Chip brought bread and lamb rolled in cabbage leaves. (For the rest of the story, see Wyoming Almanac, Middle East and Egypt, and click on “Cairo Letter, March 15, 2003.”)