Herodotus famously described Egypt as a gift of the Nile, but in the ever-expanding metropolis of Cairo and our busy lives shuttling back and forth from work, we often don’t get to enjoy the Nile as much as we ought to. There’s something calming about the Nile and rivers in general. Maybe its the puzzling ability for small little waves lapping against a boat to somehow cancel out a noisy city, or maybe its the vastness and…