By 8am in the morning we were ready to eat the best samples of the Egyptian cuisine and have some well-known famous arabian coffee. Having the best interest of the European tourist in mind they had also covered the tables with grains - Egyptian wheat cooked in milk and oat meal. You could also order omelette, there were pancakes, at least 28 different types of bread, some fruits and coffee. Since their egg cooking method seemed to be drowning them in oil, I opted for the porridge. They also offered diet apricot jam and diet strawberry jam. Let me tell you that even those didn't save the day. Or rather the porridge, because it was the most tasteless porridge that I've ever had the misfortune to taste. Also the most bland and fatless.
Right next to the eatery there is a sign telling us that yesterday 8kg of food was wasted in this restaurant. The guests are forbidden to waste food and should they still, they can be fined 100 EGP (appr. 6-7 EUR). Considering that this hotel has hundreds of rooms, they have three buffee meals every day and already while I was having my breakfast, they did throw away at least 1kg of leftovers from the next table, I would think that only 8kg foodwaste for the all day, several hundreds of tourists and three buffee meals can be seen as a great result. Well done! Especially when you see how some people just keep loading their plates so full that they have difficulties carrying them...
After fairly unsuccsessful breakfast we got our bikinis on, grabbed the beach towels and books and made our way to the pools. We watched Russian ladies leaning on the reiling and taking pics in approximately 18 different poses, tried to cover ourselves from the wind and when the wind wanted to lift us up with our towels, we retreated to the room to get ready for the lunch. Turned out that lunch choice was even less appealing than the breakfast, but rice and some salads were not too bad. Add the bread section and to have everything well balanced, also the cake section with 20 different cakes.
In the afternoon we made our way to the local village and shopping centre. The shopping, as it turned out, was few souvenirs covered with dust and some bakeries. We had some not so bad coffee and walked back.
In the morning, when we thought we could relax and sunbath, at least 10 sales dudes were stopping by to offer us massage, mani-pedi, snorkeling and so on for very good price. To avoid the same situation in the afternoon, we got us a "Do not disturb" sign and same second our sunbathing was upgraded. When I was walking with the sign to our seats, one guy was trying to make some sales ("Before you put the sign up!"), but didn't really suckseed.
After dinner that wasn't too bad, we walked down to the beach. Both staircases were closed with chains, but as we all know, the locks are for animals and if a Sowjet woman wants to get to the beach, there's nothing stopping her.
After getting back to the room, when Helena told me at 8:30pm that she'll just close her eyes for a second, I can spoil you the end and tell that on Sunday she did not open those eyes again.
Right next to the eatery there is a sign telling us that yesterday 8kg of food was wasted in this restaurant. The guests are forbidden to waste food and should they still, they can be fined 100 EGP (appr. 6-7 EUR). Considering that this hotel has hundreds of rooms, they have three buffee meals every day and already while I was having my breakfast, they did throw away at least 1kg of leftovers from the next table, I would think that only 8kg foodwaste for the all day, several hundreds of tourists and three buffee meals can be seen as a great result. Well done! Especially when you see how some people just keep loading their plates so full that they have difficulties carrying them...
After fairly unsuccsessful breakfast we got our bikinis on, grabbed the beach towels and books and made our way to the pools. We watched Russian ladies leaning on the reiling and taking pics in approximately 18 different poses, tried to cover ourselves from the wind and when the wind wanted to lift us up with our towels, we retreated to the room to get ready for the lunch. Turned out that lunch choice was even less appealing than the breakfast, but rice and some salads were not too bad. Add the bread section and to have everything well balanced, also the cake section with 20 different cakes.
In the afternoon we made our way to the local village and shopping centre. The shopping, as it turned out, was few souvenirs covered with dust and some bakeries. We had some not so bad coffee and walked back.
In the morning, when we thought we could relax and sunbath, at least 10 sales dudes were stopping by to offer us massage, mani-pedi, snorkeling and so on for very good price. To avoid the same situation in the afternoon, we got us a "Do not disturb" sign and same second our sunbathing was upgraded. When I was walking with the sign to our seats, one guy was trying to make some sales ("Before you put the sign up!"), but didn't really suckseed.
After dinner that wasn't too bad, we walked down to the beach. Both staircases were closed with chains, but as we all know, the locks are for animals and if a Sowjet woman wants to get to the beach, there's nothing stopping her.
After getting back to the room, when Helena told me at 8:30pm that she'll just close her eyes for a second, I can spoil you the end and tell that on Sunday she did not open those eyes again.
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