Egypt!!!
I can't believe it's finally happening. In approx. 4 days I will be leaving the U.S. for the first time and traveling to Egypt! Most people know that I've wanted to go to this country for almost three years now. Monday, that goal will be accomplished.
Since the spring semester of '03 I've been involved with AIESEC and have had the opportunity to experience most of what I wanted to. This traineeship/internship is one of the last things I have to do before my time is up with the org. Going to an international conference is the last. I still would like to have more amazing experiences, but I'll be satisified once these last two events have been completed.
With that said, here's a lil info on what I'm about to get myself into. On Monday, July 10 I will be flying out of O'Hare for a 7+ hour flight to Amsterdam. Then kickin' it in the airport for the next 12ish hours until my flight leaves for Cairo, a 4+ hour flight. It'll be Wednesday morning (2am to be exact) when I arrive in Cairo, however it'll be Tuesday night for those in the States. Egypt is 8 hours ahead of the U.S. I'll be staying in Cairo for a few days for my reception. Then I will be taking a 2.5 hour train ride to Alexandria. Alex is the location of my traineeship.
I will be working for a company called AMIDEAST and doing marketing for them. There are a lot of different aspects of marketing involved in this traineeship which is great because it'll help me decide what I want to do when I come back home. I won't be starting the traineeship for almost two weeks though because of my reception and getting settled into Alex. I do know that I have a room mate from Turkey, but that's about it for the moment. I'll find out more before I leave.
The traineeship is for 5 months but I will be there for about 6 because of the reception week and I'll be staying in Egypt for 2 weeks after the end of the traineeship. Right now, my returning flight is Jan 2. It's kinda wierd that when I see people for the last time now, I say "see you next year" and it's only July.
For the next few days I'll be running around trying to make sure I have everything before I leave, packing and saying good-byes :( I'm super excited. This is going to be an opportunity to do a lot of things I've been wanting to do. Well that's it for now. This is my official blog for the trip so I'll be posting on here hopefully at least once a week depending on how much computer access I have. But don't worry, you'll be able to hear about all the amazing adventures and experiences I'll be having plus gorgeous pics.
Since the spring semester of '03 I've been involved with AIESEC and have had the opportunity to experience most of what I wanted to. This traineeship/internship is one of the last things I have to do before my time is up with the org. Going to an international conference is the last. I still would like to have more amazing experiences, but I'll be satisified once these last two events have been completed.
With that said, here's a lil info on what I'm about to get myself into. On Monday, July 10 I will be flying out of O'Hare for a 7+ hour flight to Amsterdam. Then kickin' it in the airport for the next 12ish hours until my flight leaves for Cairo, a 4+ hour flight. It'll be Wednesday morning (2am to be exact) when I arrive in Cairo, however it'll be Tuesday night for those in the States. Egypt is 8 hours ahead of the U.S. I'll be staying in Cairo for a few days for my reception. Then I will be taking a 2.5 hour train ride to Alexandria. Alex is the location of my traineeship.
I will be working for a company called AMIDEAST and doing marketing for them. There are a lot of different aspects of marketing involved in this traineeship which is great because it'll help me decide what I want to do when I come back home. I won't be starting the traineeship for almost two weeks though because of my reception and getting settled into Alex. I do know that I have a room mate from Turkey, but that's about it for the moment. I'll find out more before I leave.
The traineeship is for 5 months but I will be there for about 6 because of the reception week and I'll be staying in Egypt for 2 weeks after the end of the traineeship. Right now, my returning flight is Jan 2. It's kinda wierd that when I see people for the last time now, I say "see you next year" and it's only July.
For the next few days I'll be running around trying to make sure I have everything before I leave, packing and saying good-byes :( I'm super excited. This is going to be an opportunity to do a lot of things I've been wanting to do. Well that's it for now. This is my official blog for the trip so I'll be posting on here hopefully at least once a week depending on how much computer access I have. But don't worry, you'll be able to hear about all the amazing adventures and experiences I'll be having plus gorgeous pics.
posted by Nay-Nay at
11:56 AM
1 Comments:
Hi :) I am coming to Egypt one day later and will be an Alex trainee as well. We will probably even be flat mates or sth :))) See you soon ;)
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