Only in Egypt!

Only in Egypt...

Will you see cars and donkeys side by side on the highway.

Taxi drivers will stop theirs cars in the middle of the street and shout directions to each other because one of them is lost.

Taxi drivers will pass things (e.g a mobile phone to each other from their moving cars as they drive on the highway.

Can you see relics and statues, over 2000 years old, in flimsy glass cases at metro stations.

Is it normal for your taxi driver to drive with one hand as he frantically text messages with the other.

Are car head lights at night an unnecessary luxury.

• Is it abnormal NOT to honk.

Can you see a wedding party happening on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere

Can you die from mosquito bites. (well this is an exageration, but trust me it feels like you're being eaten alive!)

Will blondes have to pay more than double the entrance price for any museum, famous sight, etc.

• Will you see a family of five on one moped (father driving with one hand, holding a baby with the other, a kid, the mother and then another kid on the end.)
  

Will you NOT see any traffic lights or functioning traffic control.

Does a can of coke cost 2 times the cost of 250 gm of ma3sal (tobacco.)

Would a man ask me to marry him at the aiport, and try and persuade me last minute, not to go back to germany but to live with him and HIS FIRST WIFE in Egypt. (He was adamant his first wife wouldnt mind, 'No no really we've been together for so long she doesnt like me that much anymore, we're like two old friends.. she'd be happy for me to marry you.')

Will the man at the airport information desk speak NO english.

Will the man at the airport information desk try and scam you into giving him money (I didnt.)

Will a man in the souq come up to a family, and try and convince the father of the benefits of hashish and that it would be a great thing to buy a hashish pipe, not only for himself, but also for his two sons. His sons are 11 and 8.

Will Egyptian people haggle, bargain and try and overprice everything - not just with western tourists but with pretty much all non-egyptians.

Will my 3am flight be delayed 3 hours, until 6 in the morning - and then I will be surrounded by families and children (3 behind me, 2 in front, 2 next to me, 1 diagonal) including 3 babies... all of which (at 6 am the next day) have NOT SLEPT ONE WINK. Naturally as soon as the plane starts to take off and i think I may be able to sleep a couple hours after more than 24 hours without sleep, the kid sitting directly behind me (conveniantly the strongest and biggest) begins to kick the back of my seat. Several small babies and toddlers begin a symphony of hysterical crying, and the other kids start pointing out the window and screaming 'shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufffffffff maaaaamaaaaa shuuuuffffffffffffffffffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.... TAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAA' (LOOK MAMA LOOK, A PLANE!)

P.S Check out the cute mispellings at the local cafe.. every menu sign had some mistake, can you spot them? ;P

Only in Germany

Only in Germany...

• Can I go to the university library cafe at 9 in the morning, and see the girl in front of me buying a beer to drink with her morning pastry.
• Can my friend cross an empty street before the pedestrian light turns green and get called "criminal" by an old lady, screaming that jay-walking is "illegal.
• Will you recieve an 80 euro fine for riding a bycle at night without a lamp, even though your crappy old bicycle only cost 20 euro
• Is it possible for you to park your car in residents only parking on the side of the street at night, and not ONLY recieve a fine but have you car towed away by the police even if you were only parked for 5 minutes.. and have to pay up to 500 euro to get it back.
• Will everyperson buy a ticket on the tram, even if they are going one stop and despite the fact that there are no ticket checkers.. whereas in Australia people consistently fail to buy a ticket for the train even thought there are always train guards/ticket checkers every time.
• Is it impossible to find normal custard in cartons - rather there is an abundance of "vanilla pudding" which you make from a packet, like jelly, and taste's disgusting.
• Is it difficult to find sweet-chilli sauce (which is considered as important as tomato or bbq sauce in Australia.)
• Are there no sausage and egg mcmuffins at Macdonalds.. the only yummy thing at mcdonalds!
• Is there wayyyyyyyyy too much pig products (ham, bacon, pork) and very little cow or sheep - beef costs an arm and a leg.
• Can you drink beer pretty much anywhere (in the streets, on the tram, etc) and smoke everywhere.
• Is there a mini bar with gambling machines in the local supermarket.
• Can you buy beer for 60 cents a can ($1.10? AUD)
• Are dogs allowed everywhere - on buses, trains, in the cafes, in university, in shops - even expensive department stores, heck even the beggars have masses of dogs.
• Will some, at 1 am in the middle of the night, in a small city (200,000 ppl) wait on the side of an absolutely dead-silent deserted street, with noone in sight WAIT UNTIL THE TRAFFIC MAN TURNS GREEN before crossing.
  Is there a lack of good coffee in local cafes. I think good coffee is a sin, right next to jay-walking!

Only in Freiburg: A city of 200,000 in South-West Germany, near the borde of France and Switzerland. It has a high student population, is a wealthy city and is very innovative and environmentally friendly.

Only in Freiburg ... are there more bicycles than people

• Is there a nightclub in the middle of the forrest
• Is there a nightclub at the main train station.
• Do they hold a giant pillow fight in the middle of the night in the middle of the city.
• Are the neighbouring apartment blocks actually part of a hippie commune which has some special autonomy from the government. Said “apartment blocks” are effectively highly decorative, colourful, rubbish-filled giant houses.
• Is the hippy commune next door filled with giant trucks, camper vans, caravans, some of which are attached to make-shift tree houses and to the permanent buildings. They are overrun with children and dogs – none of which seem to belong to anyone person.
• Will you see a tall, punk with a Mohawk and various spiky black leather clothing out walking a goat on a leash. Another neighbour from the hippy commune. (P.S for those of you who complain of neighbours with noisy pets, and dogs that bark- trust me, the goat is worse.)
• Is there an-honest-to-God tepee (like the sort American-indians live in) in your backyard.
  
  

Above:the Tepee, and various trucks/vans

Below a large trcuk parked in front of the building, and a broken ship forming a play area for children in the background.