Sweetness
Ridiculously awesome is when you:
1. Help out at a Ramadan tent
2. Have an amazingly tasty Egyptian sweet to break your fast
3. Have the best chicken noodle soup ever conceived
4. Witness a kitchen with giant propane burners for cooking cauldrons
5. Smoke sheesha from a jar with a bunch of people that don't speak English
6. See an Egyptian coughing from said sheesha and then laughing hystericallly about it
7. Kiss about 10 guys on both cheeks (the typical greeting and goodbye gesture) and then have some kid try to kiss you on the lips
All in an hour's work.
posted by kent @ 10:14 a.m.
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I can't WAIT to come experience Egypt!
You seem to attract happy situations and people everywhere you go, Kent. Too cool!
Ciao, et gros bisous (on the cheeks, of course)
A kid kissed you on the lips? Ha ha... that could be cute... or it could be gay. How old was the kid?
Anyways, I envy cultures that have the cheek kissing as a greeting. I don't know why. I like my personal space a lot but nothing is more welcoming than the human touch. I find hand shaking awkward, mostly cuz you either get someone who squeezes too hard or they have very limpy hands. Nothing satisfies!
Good call on the handshake. It's not like you'll ever get a sloppy cheek kiss.
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