Friday. Means that our vacation comes to an end. It was a wonderful week. We got our batteries recharged by sound and tasty food. Actually I stopped thinking about work after 2 or 3 days. It comes up again when I had a chat with the General Manager of the hotel. He remembers us (the story of the boat people in November 2010…) and while we were doing exercises at the gym he asked me what is my business at home. I told him what I work for and he said that he would like to have such a solution as well. So let´s see what will happen.
The hotel is quite nice and the staff is trained very well. Sometimes in Egypt I had the feeling that waiters or roommates expect a tip for everything otherwise they would not serve you. Not here. Everything is in a good condition and even the food in one of the main restaurants tastes better than 2 yrs ago. Another benefit here is that´s not directly in Hurghada (it´s busy and overcrowded there) 30 km outside means “having a relaxed stay without drunken guests and party all-night-long” The name of the hotel is Citadel Azur at Sahl Hascheesh. You may check it out here Citadel Azur
But it´s a pity that not so many people travel to Egypt as before the revolution. We had a talk with a lady from guest relation and she told us that most of the hotels are not fully booked and some hotels are closed. People fear that bullets in the air here as well or that riot is written on the walls but it isn´t. And a big part of the national income is based on tourism. So it´s all about mathematics. Less tourists means less income means higher chance for new riots. Or am I wrong ?
While I am writing the sun goes down and I´ve a nice view to the illuminated hotel. Wind blows gently and we´ll go for dinner in a few minutes….. so stay tuned and see when back in Germany….
One more funny story. We had dinner yesterday at the Brazil restaurant “El Gaucho” (which is not a name for Brazil as you may know…) but anyway. Food was yummy but behind us was a german couple. To be more correct, from Eastern Germany. And he explained to her (seems she did not understand english….) that there is “breakfast, lunch and diner” He really said diner and with saxonian subtitles. Thx man you made our day.