Kansas to Cairo

For some years now, we've dreamed of an adventure that involved living overseas from our home in the United States. To that end, we've made career changes and stretched ourselves in other ways. The opportunity we'd been waiting for finally came in early 2019, at a teaching job fair in Iowa, when Mr. C was offered a position in Cairo, Egypt. Was that really as cool as it sounded, or were we simply swayed by the deep snow and frigid temperatures of the wintery climate around us? We hesitated a bit and worked out a backup plan -- Mr. C would try out Cairo while I (Ms. C) stayed home and continued to work full-time. If we decided we could manage such an upheaval, I'd quit my job the following spring and move to Egypt. Right now, the big move is looking promising. Even if it doesn't work out, we'll still have experienced an adventure, even if it's shorter than originally planned. I'll be writing most of the posts to this blog, but will convince Mr. C to joi