At the university, we also have a break during Easter time. I would say 10 days. Stephen (he is also an American from North Carolina studying her for one semester) and I were taking about traveling. Deciding where to go has been a fun experience because there are so many places you can go, so many places I studied in history class that I would like to visit but there is not enough time and money. So we were talking about going to Rome, but them I said maybe we should go to another place as well, like Greece. So Stephen, being sarcastic said, “well if we are going to Greece why don’t we go to Egypt.” But after he said that I was like, why not, really it is not that far from Rome. So we started to look for plane tickets to Egypt and to my surprise a round trip to Egypt from Rome is only $500. So, I guess I am going to Egypt in April! The currency from Egypt is Egyptian pounds and $1 is worth around 6 Egyptian pounds. This means that a good hotel with a view to the pyramids, Cairo or Giza, is about 20 Euros and you can get a hostel for 5 Euros. It is not expensive to stay in Egypt at all. I think I am going to spend more money in Italy than in Cairo, because a hostel, not even a hotel in Italy, can cost 25 to 30 Euros and up. Tomorrow I am going to the train station to see how much it costs for a train ticket to Rome and then make arrangements for my trip to the pyramids. I am so happy to be able to go there…..I anxious to see how they live in Egypt.
