Happy Independence Day (while it still lasts)!
So once again, I've managed to miss out on Fourth of July festivities. Apparently the annual festivities that take place out in the suburb of Ma'adi (aka American ex-pat central) were on Saturday (Canada Day, as one clever colleague noted). What's a girl gotta do to get some grilled weenies and fireworks around here?
The thing that really chaps my hide is that the U.S. Embassy doesn't even bother to let those of us who actually took the time to register our presence with them know that these sorts of things are going on. Meanwhile, just about every other civilized embassy in Egypt regularly hosts parties and special events to which their nationals are - gasp - invited. The only Embassy funded events those of us who don't work there ever hear about are the Marine parties, which are about as much fun as walking into a baladi bar in your underwear.
So thanks, U.S. Embassy, for denying us the small joy of celebrating of our ever-withering patriotism by eating grill food in our bermuda shorts. Guess I'll just have to drown my patriotic sorrows in the Germany-Italy match tonight instead.
The thing that really chaps my hide is that the U.S. Embassy doesn't even bother to let those of us who actually took the time to register our presence with them know that these sorts of things are going on. Meanwhile, just about every other civilized embassy in Egypt regularly hosts parties and special events to which their nationals are - gasp - invited. The only Embassy funded events those of us who don't work there ever hear about are the Marine parties, which are about as much fun as walking into a baladi bar in your underwear.
So thanks, U.S. Embassy, for denying us the small joy of celebrating of our ever-withering patriotism by eating grill food in our bermuda shorts. Guess I'll just have to drown my patriotic sorrows in the Germany-Italy match tonight instead.
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