The Swiss Club

Nestled in the busy streets and towering buildings of Mohandessin, the Swiss club is a surprisingly calm sanctuary of lush greenery, quaint but attractive old-ish buildings (in Egypt, "old" goes pretty deep), a nice play area for children, a German bookstore (also featuring some books in English, Arabic, and French) and a nice restaurant and sitting area. A great retreat for those wishing an escape from the urban landscape, a feeling of being withdrawn into the countryside as you are surrounded by centuries old trees, open green spaces, and quiet.

Outdoor Lawn Movies

I have never seen a drive-in here in Egypt, but what there are tons of all over the place, at nearly every club, are large movie screens and plastic lawn chairs where everyone sits out at tables or in chairs and watches movies together - outdoors in evenings - year round, in Egypt's fabulous weather.

Night Swimming in January

A few nights ago, I took my daughter to a swim class after sunset.
Quite fabulously, it is January.

My daughter's swim class at the club. She's at the top corner of the pool.
Note the silver orb of the moon at the top left.

This is how children look in Canada in January:

(Randy from "A Christmas Story",
filmed about 10 minutes from where I grew up
for more on Canadian winter bliss watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4IZ0Flh3M)

Need I say more?