Insha'Allah!

While I highly doubt anyone besides my close family and friends will be subscribing to this blog (hey mom!!), I figured I might as well introduce myself to readers as I embark on two new adventures: blogging and moving to Egypt for 6 months. Which one will prove to be tougher I'm not yet sure, but insha'Allah (God willing) I will survive both!

Since I've always secretly wanted to know what it feels like to be a blogger...but lacked a reason to have one...I figured that being a tall, blonde woman living in Cairo I'd probably have some damn good stories to share. "Conquering Cairo" will be my way to document my travels and share my funny tales from this funny land with the masses...and by masses I mean my family--and maybe if I'm lucky my mom will send the link out on the extended family e-mail chain. (!)

So enjoy the stories to come and if I make it through the next 3 weeks of packing and living with my family (which could very likely be more dangerous than Cairo) we will be on our way to finding what it is like to be a 5'11' blonde in the city of a 1,000 minarets.

**To my mother: Before you ask let me answer--No I do not want criticism, not even a little. And yes not even if it is "constructive."