Half way through the year, and it has been hot.

It's been a while since I last blogged. Although I'd planned to post at least once a week, the last couple of weeks went by unnoticed.

So I'm now in Cairo since a bit over 6 months and I think you can say I've settled in, more or less. Of course the family is still staying in the Netherlands so I'm still going home once every other weekend. Spending a long weekend in Almere with my wife and kids.
They've adjusted pretty good actually. Ray is still very thrilled to see me when I get home on the Friday mornings but after a day all is back to normal. For the rest it doesn't seem to be too special that I am back. Jay is in a phase where he's trying to find his spot in life and is questioning and trying everything we say, so when I'm back he's got to fight two parents instead of one, and my wife is pestered by two kids every night. Most of the time Ray is keeping her up all night, and if he's sleeping through the night, Jay's covering for him. So she's just happy that there's somebody to get the kids in the morning.

Anyway, recently there's not too much going on here in Cairo. It's mainly hot, and hot it's been. About three weeks ago the temperature reached almost 50C for a day and the surrounding days it was close to 45C, turning my pool into a sauna of 36C. But more importantly, the air here in Cairo is hot. So getting some cooling from a breeze is a no-no. Actually every breath of wind is actually a matter of having a blow-dryer right in your face. Funny thing is, that I wasn't aware of the heat until people told me that it had been hot. There's airconditioning all over the place, and I've set the AC in my apt to turn on about half an hour prior for me arriving home. And when I get up of course. Don't want to get up and dressed all sweaty. The car's comfortable with an AC blowing as well and my driver makes sure that I'm taken into the office in an air conditioned car.

Anyway, it has been hot lately, although nowadays we're experiencing a comfortable 32C-35C and hardly any humidity. So that's pretty doable.

For now this is it. I'll try to blog once a week again, maybe I'll try to catch up the last couple of weeks in some posts this week. But maybe not.

Iwan