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Had a great weekend... Left on Thursday and caught a ride with a co-worker to the JW Marriott in Cairo. A friend who used to be the golf director here at Stella Di Mare is now working as the Golf Manager at the Marriott in Cairo, so he invited me down there to play. It is also the last weekend for one of the Swedes I've been hanging around with (Jocke) and he's been chilling out at the Marriott for a few days, so it was a good opportunity to see him off as well.

We played an executive 9 on Thursday afternoon because I didn't get there until 3'ish, which was fun. Golfing with two potential professionals is somewhat intimidating, but also a great way to pick up some tips. They were both helpful. That night we went for dinner at the Birdcage... no, not the cross dressing cabaret bar from the movies, but the Asian fusion restaurant in the Intercontinental hotel in Cairo. From there we hit the casino for a couple hours (-$100 on roulette, +$75 at blackjack, free drinks, good times) before ending up at Mojito, which is on the rooftop of the Nile Hilton. That was good time, chilling out with Calle, Jocke, and a few of Calle's expat co-workers... We made trails around 3:30, slept in 'till 10am, then Jocke took me to practice some more. He was like a personal golf coach that Friday morning, but once our game started it was all business. We played for 50 LE the front, 50 LE for the back, and 50 LE overall in a game of Copenhagen (some Swedish game) which was fun. I ended up +150LE on the day between Jocke and one other guy. I guess the lessons paid off (or I'm a sandbagger).

Hope everyone else is having a good weekend!