Spring in Maadi

The flowers are in bloom everywhere, and baby creatures are scuttling about-


And look what the west wind blew in!



This was on a glass-bottom boat trip in El Gouna. We stayed at a lovely resort packed with Germans for five days. For some reason, the revolution seems to require of me that I spend a lot of time at nice hotels-

More Kompass shots

From Thomas' Kompass disk:






















Cleaning up the street as part of the Keep Egypt Beautiful campaign:

Sadly Giacomo and his family have not returned after the revolution. Thomas has been keeping company with Greer in his absence.





If you cant tell what that says, hold it in front of a mirror!

Bonus video

Mommies are for hugging.




Yes it's true.

Mother's Day at Kompass

This happens in March in Egypt . . . and for some reason required costumes.




The kids presented us with carnations and picture cd's hung around their necks like they were little st bernards.



This is Emmett with Shadiya, his settling in teacher. She speaks to him only in Arabic.

Sometimes at home he'll say something to me and I have no idea what it is.