The apartment is nice enough, though it's on the fifth floor with big windows, so it gets a bit hot. There's AC, but we're trying to conserve electricity. At night, we can get a cross-breeze, and the Cairo nights are really quite nice. Day-times, however, are scorching hot, and it's only going to get worse in August. Interestingly, some Caireens use the numbers of the Gregorian months rather than the names. (I asked a taxi driver as we sat in blistering heat in Cairo's rush hour traffic about whether August would be even hotter, and he didn't understand what I'd asked. But when I rephrased the question, he affirmed that the 7th and 8th months would be worse. My Arabic instructor also used the numbers rather than the names, which I initially thought was because it the dates were written in numerals on the handout we were using.)
Views out the 2nd bedroom window. The AC in this room sounds like a large truck engine.
The kitchen: No AC and very little ventilation... but quaint enough.
The livingroom with the greenhouse windows. Most of my time at home is spent in front of the AC in this room.
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