Egypt

Well,

all is clear now. I’ll go diving in southern Egypt, to Marsa Alam, a resort by teh Red Sea. Apparently, it is a nice dive spot. We are flying from Budapest on the 17h of November and back next week. Which means I will spend my 30th birthday in Africa. Last year, I spent my 29th birthday in the Coral Sea in Australia. Diving as well. It is getting a nice habit.

It also means I’ll have to fly from Barcelona to Budapest. Which will give me a chance to visit Hungary. Never been there. I’ll spend some days in Budapest to check out the ciy and some nightlife. I rely on Mr Goudale (this is, my friend Lorinc) for that.

Another side-effect of this trip to Hungary and Egypt is that I will have a stamp from every continent in my passport. Africa (Egypt), America (US, Mexico), Asia (Singapore, Japan), Europe (hope I get stamped in Hungary – I’ll have to fly to Russia otherwise) and Oceania (Australia). Sort of cool. Most trips have been for leisure and some (Japan, US) for work.

So this is it. Looking forward to go to Africa.

Egyiptom

This year, I haven’t done any summer holidays. I am essentially planning to visit my friends in Normandy in mid-September. Also, a friend of mine was proposing to go to Egypt in October for some diving in the Red Sea. Today, he’s emailed me the potential plans. In Hungarian.

Hungarian is a curious language. Unlike most other European languages, it is not from Indo-European family, but from Uralic (like Finnish or Estonian). All that, to say, in short, that I didn’t understand a single thing in the mail (serious, absolutely no word I could guess the meaning). I only understand the name of the places and the cost (thousands of forints). Hey, after all, as a Catalan, I am supposed to be tight-fisted.

So, options in the Red Sea are: Sharm-el-Sheikh (a classic), Hurghada or a place-whose-name-in-Hungarian-is-unknown-to-me. Will see what it gives.

In the meantime, I’ll get myself a glass of Tokaji while I think on the goulash I’ll enjoy if I fly from Budapest. Yum.

PS: Now that I think of it. Tokaji in Hungary, calvados and pommeau in Normandy. Why the hell can’t I bring some bottles of those in the plane back home ? Bloody EUrules.