... On to Plan B?

Readers of this space may or may not be aware of the fact that Anne and Mark have long been planning their spring break trip to Egypt.  Seeing the Nile, the pyramids and the spinks shyinks sphinx has fueled the excitement required to plan this trip for quite some time.  Unfortunately, it looks like that plan is going to have to be put on hold or cancelled due to stuff like this:

Using fire to protest

and this:

Using a Molotov cocktail to protest

 and this:

Using THE FORCE to protest?  Actually... would kind of like to see that

Apparently, huge protests in Egypt.  Thanks a lot, Egypt - we always knew you had it out for us.  Hey, don't get us wrong, Anne and Mark are all about remedying whatever injustice you are fighting to fix here.  But come on - you've put up with this for years, couldn't this protest have waited until mid-March?

I guess not.  So, it looks like spring break will have to be spent elsewhere.  Suggestions for spring break destinations will be accepted in the comments section (if your suggestion is selected, Anne and Mark will travel there and you will be awarded a huge prize**).  And, just to head off a bunch of internet-clogging comment posts - no, Kyle, we are not going to spend spring break in "Mordor" - so don't even suggest it.

**"huge prize" is defined as "no prize whatsoever".

In the meantime, Anne and Mark will be traveling to Istanbul, Turkey tomorrow to see the Grand Bazaar, the sea, the Hagia Sophia and whatever else is there.  Should be a lot of fun.

One final note.  Anne and Mark have been invited to a Super Bowl party here in Blagoevgrad.  Obviously, the Super Bowl is a cultural phenomena that transcends borders and it might be interesting to see how the Bulgarians and other students/faculty/etc. interpret it. Anne and Mark already know that there are significant differences in the way in which the game will be observed.  For one thing, it will air around 1 in the morning here.  Second, no one will cheer for a touchdown, but everyone will get really excited for the extra point kick.  For another, no one will have any idea how to actually play football (so basically like watching a game with Brad Childress, except at 1 am).

But Anne and Mark have not yet decided whether they will attend this party or watch this year's game at all.  Why?  The biggest reason to avoid watching this year's game is best summarized in Lauren's sentient analysis of the NFC Championship game below (around 35 seconds into the clip).

Agree to disagree on the Bears analysis, Lauren, but everything you say about the P*ckers is spot on (yes, that is censored because it is a dirty word).