Goodbye

Since my last blog message I`ve been working on my paper all the time, and I finished it just in time today =) But the past nights have been a lot of fun as well. Monday night we all went to Aftereight again to dance, and I met with Yves, Cathelijne`s boyfriend, and Sophie, a friend of Steffie. We had a rel nice time, we saw the band Wust el Balad play again. Yesterday evening was our goodbye dinner. We ate at l`Aubergine, a nice restaurant. I had prepared little cards for everyone with thanks written on them, and I achieved my aim : I made Cathelijne and Steffie cry! Moehaha... Oh well, when afterwards they wrote some things back to me, I cried as well... And then when the inevitable goodbye came (with Kenny, Cathelijne and Steffie), we nearly all cried (not the boys of course :p)! Then this afternoon we were invited to a gardenparty by a friend from Ilona who works at the consulate of Belgium in Cairo. All the arabists from Leuven, Gent and Leiden were there as well. It was nice meeting some of them. I was there with Amy, Kaz, Sandra and Quentin. We had nice food and drinks. Now I`m sitting in Amy`s appartment typing this message, we all talk about different things, and no one wants to think about the eventual goodbye, which will probably arrive in an hour (I still have to pack). Booohooo This is not my last blog message, once I`m home I`ll write the very last message, to conclude this wonderful trip I had in the city of mosques, taxis, galabeyas and streetcats...