Ahelen to Israel!

I seem to be behind with my updates, but is only because my computer is out of order and i've been waiting for it to be fixed for 3 weeks now.

At the beginning of November i made a short trip to Israel. I was not planning to, but dont know how much you understand when i say that i HAD to. Anyways, Freddie came with me, so that helped a lot, as i was clueless of buses, hostel, etc. me and Freddie took the night bus to Taba - an Egyptian town by the israeli border. After a turbulent night (loud Egyptian music, incantations from the guy behind us, movie at 2 am, 120 km/h) we made it there and we walked over the border to the city of Eilat.

We managed to get to our hostel (Corinne Hostel - very clean and nice people who speak very good English); we took a shower and headed to the Egyptian consulate to do our business. Israel was very hot - hoter than i expected. One thing that slipped my mind was that Israel is a different country, where the dress code is different than in Egypt, where sleveless tops are allowed and shorts trousers as well; i had only jeans and decent tops, so i burnt!! In the bussiness of packing i forgot to take my swim suit, so i didnt get to swim there at all.

After getting everything sorted, we went back to the hostel and slept - it was too hot to do anything anyway and we were tired.

We went out at night to the mall and had dinner by the sea at a nice restaurant.

We had falafel for lunch earlier that day, when i texted everyone to say that i got everything sorted! We didnt pay a lot for it ... and it came with a drink, fries and salad.

Next day i wandered around by the sea to the little shops there; i bought some little things and enjoyed the scenery.

Israel is very expensive, especially when you come from Egypt. Coming from Europe, might seem affordable, but i found it quite expensive. For example, a night at the hostel costs around 40$ which is a lot, for a hostel. Actually, hostels are cheaper in Europe.

I was happy to be back to Egypt and the girls had cake prepared for me as it was my name day - St Gabriel. We went straight to Pieter and Sid for coffee and cake.