from Cairo Ramadan to Lausanne

arriving to this cozy cute little airport of theirs was so comforting
it is small, unthreatening, and endearing


seeing Lausanne after Ramadan in Cairo i thought i must have died and went to heaven
every scene is postcard beauty material
the level of peace there is surreal
i felt like i came from another planet
in this part of Switzerland where they squeak in french rather than speak,
where they sing in high pitch voices saying bonjour at every corner instead of speaking like the rest of us
i felt like i was belle from beauty and the beast


the frequency that Lausanne vibrates with is higher than any other
people are floating not walking
the quiet could be felt from the earth
any silence anywhere else could never compare
in Lausanne you arrive and suddenly you feel so much peace that you want to be quiet
and you wonder why you made so much noise in your life before Lausanne.

it is a picture perfect place
like a still life painting that is too pretty that you do not want to believe it
How often does an amazing lake find a place before the mountains?
how often do birds fly so peacefully and air is so fresh and crisp all you want to do is breathe
nobody is loud in Lausanne
people are different there

mostly dressed in beiges and whites the few locals have some how agreed that these colors are best
A zen feeling fills the place
if you are aware you feel a great spiritual vibe too
a practical, simple, a higher frquency to everything


it is a place you go to and you feel like its good to be alive
and that you want to live
i look around me as i walk and i see old people in groups
walking eating movenpick ice-cream
people have the will to grow old in Lausanne
Life is worth living in a place like this.
Surrounded with so much beauty why not live more?

Every tree is a masterpiece with a different print on the trunk and a majestic peaceful feel to it.
Trees look happier and wiser there, something like the nature in the avatar movie is what I could see.

The waters of the lake are not like any other, from the boat I could see the sun's reflection making it glitter and glow like a diamond. Being there you feel lucky and you want to shut everyone up and ask are you guys kidding? Is this beauty normal? Who gets used to this?


my friends who live there said the perfection here gets boring after a while
i would not know
but the chaos and lack of oxygen here in Cairo also gets boring
In a place like Lausanne someone coming from Cairo would blossom like a flower that needed water and sunshine.
I did not want to miss one breath and I could feel my skin glow without the grey layer of dust.

The swiss are so clean and it's not because they have more soap, it is because the whole country is glittering in perfection.
Even the little blonde kids are perfect.
Babies and children there are a joy to watch.
other than the fact that they are adorable and naturally cute they behave so differently than my local kids from Cairo

God has given them so much beauty in Lausanne
in the nature, in the people and the children too
perfect little creatures silently politely existing to make the lives of their parents more joyful
I searched the place with my bare eyes and no, no there are no nannies from the Philippines and the poorest countries of Africa running around insane little monsters like in Cairo. Kids sit like normal human beings with their parents quietly and in the most civil ways, they are a joy to the world.

I started getting flashbacks of my summer in the egyptian northcoast where each mommy has a nanny and each child is a scare to watch or handle. Each child has a walking paid adult running after them following their every move and meeting their every wish or command. The children at haciendas are spoiled beyond measure and the Philippines and Nigeria and Ethiopia have found a new colony in cairo's rich homes.

These nannies have no authorities over the kids and the kids run around like monsters making it seem like parenting is a stupid choice if the outcome would be kids who are impossible to handle.

i sat through a friendly lecture in Lausanne and in the room was a mom and her daughter who is a two year old girl who is prettier than your dreams can picture or imagine and cuter than kittens and puppies in their first weeks of life, the girl sat through an one hour lecture that i fidgeted through. she sat quietly and peacefully and i was in shock. i looked beside me and another mom was there with her five week baby born sleeping in a wrap, the baby slept in peace on her stomach and heart, reminded by his position in the womb the baby was quiet and peaceful. i look to my left and another baby slept in peace through out the lecture and suddenly it dawned on me the Cairo way of parenting is not the only Way! life is not over if you become a parent, and children do not have to be the monsters we see screaming and acting insane. i wondered if it was nature or nurture.

At the lunch break the little girl ate by her self with no noise or fuss she sat on her dad's lap and chewed peacefully. They sat at our table so I thought it would be my chance to ask the heroic mommy how she does it, and how her toddler acts like a sane blessing not a monster.

i asked her if it was genetics or something they did so well. the mommy answered me with what i realized is the answer to every mom in the world who has no clue how parents can make it without a nanny to rely on and a little monster to keep distracted away. she said she read a book called "THE BABY WHISPERER" and ladies and gentlemen this is the answer to all the problems of parents.

The mom told me its all about structure and keeping a strict routine of eating sleeping and activity. In the book the author calls it e.a.s.y; EAT, ACTIVITY, SLEEP,AND YOU TIME. She said babies love routines and structure and she got up to take the lovely little girl of hers to sleep, in the middle of the lunch she had to leave the social scene and attend to the structure and routine of the baby girl that keeps her so peaceful and a joy to be around. i wanted to tattoo the words "THE BABY WHISPERER" on my forehead for my future in parenthood to be safe.

And I promised myself to read this apparently amazing book before bringing a lost child into the world and not to leave my child to become another monster in the world who walks with a poor nanny behind him or her and not to bring more misery to my country by having another spoiled brat who adds to the noise pollution and makes everyone else uncomfortable. So help me God!
Ofcourse everyone needs help and affording help is a blessing but the way the elite of Egypt do it is not in anyway normal. seeing the angel that is the little girl act the way she did you would understand what i mean and how it is so not normal what is happening in my cairo with the socially fortunate parents and their little monsters who are left to the help.

From Ramadan to Lausanne it really felt like I was a good girl during ramadan so God took me to heaven to see how wonderful things could be .