I spent two more days at Alexandria staying at the Schutz American School. I met two of the teachers, Penny and Josh, on couchsurfing. Their apartment style housing withing a larger school complex was such a wonderful refuge from the chaos, and their kindness and beer was much appreciated. While in Alexandria I was approached by a young man, Tarook. I think he wanted someone to practice his English with, and we agreed to meet up the following night. During our conversation along the Corniche I was struck by what profoundly different visions of our future we had. When I look at the rest of my life I see limitless possibilities for travel, open access to the best schools in the world, opportunity to make a decent living doing interesting work, and relationships that can be
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