Egypt Highlight - my new nickname

All my other Egypt stories I posted were so serious - I thought I would tell the one about when I got a new nickname. It is unusual to be 33 and find a nickname no one has ever called you before. I made a new friend in my roomate Elyse. She helped me stay sane by being able to laugh at most things - a great person to have on a trip. We shopped in the bazaar one day in Cairo, which is mostly a gauntlet of shopowners harrassing you to enter their store. Once you are inside, the game is trying to get back out. So I am leading the way through the crowd since I am taller and Elyse is following. It is kind of funny to hear all the things they say to try to entice you. "Good price here" "No hassling" "How can I take your money" and my personal favorite "we have your size". If they knew American women, they would NEVER try that line. I was plowing through the crowd then stopped to see if Elyse was still behind me - which she wasn't. All I saw was a mob of salespeople. I kept saying "I need to find my friend, where is my friend???" She was gone - no trace of her. Then I heard a salesguy saying "Cabby, over here" - guessing he was referring to me - went over and sure enough, Elyse was inside the store. The storeowner said "Cabby!" when he saw me. Elyse said she wasn't going to buy anything unless they found Cathy first. Too funny. So from then on, I was known as Cabby. Sad part is I started answering to it like it was my name. That blasted "th" in my name always gives people trouble...