Socials for oldies and newbies

Tahrir is far from dangerous. I was there with some friends a few nights ago, and it was amazing to be amongst the crowd of people, seeing the different 'camps' and there was even revolution-inspired entertainment.

Egyptians are ensuring safety by asking anyone going into the area for ID and checking their bags - power to the people!

thats beautiful

tahrir square minutes ago

:)Enjoy the new civilization book written by Egyptian youth

the square now

is this social still going on ?

hengyinap wrote:

is this social still going on ?

yeah man

friday

5 pm at azhar park

hengyinap wrote:

is this social still going on ?

Hold on John_25, I know you're enthusiastic :p but I do have a personal rule that if I don't get at least 5 confirmed yesses then it's not worth having the social (as in my experience there are always people who don't turn up in the end. So far it's three including me...
I'm sorry but if more people don't confirm by tomorrow I'm gonna cancel - I have other things I could be doing with my Friday than hanging round on my own in the park besides, a social isn't a social without lots of you guys!

eltviola wrote:

hengyinap wrote:

is this social still going on ?

Hold on John_25, I know you're enthusiastic :p but I do have a personal rule that if I don't get at least 5 confirmed yesses then it's not worth having the social (as in my experience there are always people who don't turn up in the end. So far it's three including me...
I'm sorry but if more people don't confirm by tomorrow I'm gonna cancel - I have other things I could be doing with my Friday than hanging round on my own in the park besides, a social isn't a social without lots of you guys!

well etivola its gonna be fine anyways

if people confirmed plz let me know

and if its canceled i will go to the most lovely place!

Tahrir Square

I would like to join too ..

Okey Dokey, we're on for today at Al Azhar Park, except I'm gonna make it 6pm instead of 5pm as it's so hot today!

Meet at Trianon by the lake (turn left after you enter the park and follow the signs).

Send me your number by PM if you're new and worried about finding me, I'll text you my exact location when I arrive.
Enjoy your day
Elaine

count me in too:), shall email u my number

yep

mprier wrote:

yep

lol: concise, I like it

Guyzz , thank you soo much for the great evening , i really had a good time and hope to see u again , Elaine keep up the good work:)

Thanks Libya, was great to meet you

Thinking of the next social, on Friday I propose a felucca ride early evening followed by dinner at Tabouleh (Lebanese) in Garden City. What does everyone think? If we meet around 5.30 by the felucca docks opposite the Four Seasons hotel, we can go for one or two hours on the felucca, then head to dinner for around 8pm. It means that people can join either or both parts of the evening depending on their preference

So let me know if you're definitely in, for felucca and/or dinner. I'll make dinner reservations by mid-week

Elaine

Felucca 5:30 is gonna be hard worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk :S

hey stranger thanks for the positive vibes(!) :p we can make it later, I don't mind, whatever works best Was just thinking of fitting in with prayer, that's all.

Would people prefer a day or night felucca ride? And is 5.30 too early? Come on guys, opinions please

congrats elaine for the

john25 wrote:

congrats elaine for the https://www.expat.com/img/ranks/star2blue.gif

Thanks! I feel special...

eltviola wrote:

john25 wrote:

congrats elaine for the https://www.expat.com/img/ranks/star2blue.gif

Thanks! I feel special...

yw  now i'm jealous!!!!!

I would enjoy to join one of your event but i'm going in holidays to France for 1 month.

See you when i'll come back.

enjoy the felluca ride!

I ve never joined you before but i am in for the felucca/dinner. 5.30pm is ok for me but if it s later no problem.

Hi Stephanie, glad to have you along Thanks for confirming.

Elaine

Way to go, Elain. I think I could join too. Maybe I'll bring along two friends; u met one of them in the last outing, Nargiza. If u make the felucca at 6:30, maybe that will be better so it's not too hot and we'll still have enough time to go for dinner. Maybe dinner at 8:30 would be good. Do we have to eat or we can just get drinks? I try not to eat outdoors.

Stephanie bzh, u will always be welcome to join our outings, we would like to meet u. See u then.

Rania

stephanie bzh wrote:

I ve never joined you before but i am in for the felucca/dinner. 5.30pm is ok for me but if it s later no problem.

welcome to the gang

In Holidays out of Cairo, next time i hope i could ..
keep enjoy and Take care guys
Islam

Enjoy your holidays Islam

Rozypearl, thanks for your suggestions. I'm committed to 6pm departure on several FB groups (this is gonna be a big outing I think!) but we will almost certainly have enough people for several feluccas so one could leave earlier than the other, or one have 1 hr and one 2 hrs, whatever people prefer But please be there by 6pm at the latest or it makes it really hard to organise
As for dinner, I was thinking of the Lebanese or Italian restaurant at the Intercontinental which are a little cheaper than Tabouleh, but not low budget. min charge is 80LE for Italian(Pane Vino) or 100LE for Lebanese (Sabaya). both have inside and outside areas - Sabaya open air is a rooftop one which I like, but I also like air con! For more info:Intercontinental Restaurants.
What do you think?
Elaine

I don't mind at all, I think in Taboula, u don't get any min Charge, so it will be easier everyone.

mprier wrote:

I don't mind at all, I think in Taboula, u don't get any min Charge, so it will be easier everyone.

I looked it up and it has a 100LE minimum charge according to my sources... can anyone confirm? I've never been there.

Count me in for both the feluca and dinner , and this time defently im eating

lol excellent!

So far I have about 15 for the felucca and 9 confirmed for dinner including Rozypearl, me, Y30, Libya, Stephanie plus a few of my friends. Did I miss anyone off?

Elain, 6pm is good, i'll be there. I would like to maybe bring some friends along but will tell u tomorrow. I'm very excited about the outing. I think we'll have a lot of fun. See u all then.

That's no problem - just tell me numbers so I know how many to expect Would your friends be coming for dinner too?

I'd like to join you but could you tell mee how much I'm supposed to pay to join you
Ahmed Anwar

Elain, am cominggggg, i will come for felucca for sure, but am not sure about the dinner

Nargiza won't come coz most prrobably she will be in Dahab in the weeekend

I feel that it's gonna be nice outing, thanks for outr greatest organizer Elain, ur always doing a great outings:)

thanks semsema See you tomorrow!

Ahmed, the feluccas are around 60EGP per boat but that's divided by the number of people on the boat (up to 10).

is it feluccas only you are not going to have a mail or something like
please could you provide me with the meeting point and the date
regards, Ahmed

eltviola wrote:

Thanks Libya, was great to meet you

Thinking of the next social, on Friday I propose a felucca ride early evening followed by dinner ... in Garden City. What does everyone think? If we meet around 5.30 by the felucca docks opposite the Four Seasons hotel, we can go for one or two hours on the felucca, then head to dinner for around 8pm. It means that people can join either or both parts of the evening depending on their preference

Ahmed, please see my original post for this social - all the details were on there for the felucca. So to confirm, meet from 5.30pm on Friday 22nd by the felucca docks opposite the Four Seasons. Boats leave at 6pm latest, probably 1 hour.

Dinner will be at Pane Vino (Italian) in the Intercontinental Semiramis. I've made a reservation for the 12 who have confirmed with me so far for 8pm in my name (Elaine). Minimum charge is 80LE.

The felucca ride is easier to sort out as the number of people/boats is not limited so anyone is welcome to that

Thanks,

Elaine

Hi, I would like to join for the dinner ...