Currently waiting for Cara to take care of business at the university. Flights were awfully long. United Airlines sucks. The only reason I got free wine is because our flight was 5 hours delayed. "Its on us this time" the flight attendant said. "Its on British Airways every time," I thought. They had to fly the part all the way in from Chicago. Since we got bumped to the next Cairo > Frankfurt flight, Cara missed the "mandatory" grad student orientation at AUC. Still, we got to our hotel safely. I felt like we were dignitaries or something... instead of having to haggle cab fares from the airport, the Fulbright office sent someone to the airport to help us negotiate our visa, luggage, and to give us a ride to our hotel. Not too shabby. Its exciting to be back in Cairo. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that we'll be living here. Cara has done it once, but my brain is having trouble conceptualizing our stay past 3.5 weeks. Next steps for us: get Cara set up with AUC, get a SIM card for my phone & unlock it, check in with Fulbright office, start apartment hunting.