Random Musings of a Wandering Traveller

So I'm about to leave Paris, tomorrow morning to be exact... I have loved my time here, it is a beautiful city and everyone has been so nice. This is definitely a place I would want to come back to. I made it to most of the "big sights" (the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre (although I never did see the Mona Lisa), Sacre Coeur etc.) but there is still so much I'd like to see... Unfortunately, I need to go before the people of Paris get out their torches and pitchforks and start chasing me through the streets, because although I love this city very much, I am a jinx. Bad luck. The proverbial black cat. Every city I travel to that depends heavily on it's public transit system ends up in a world stopping transit strike. First London, now Paris, and the natives are getting restless.... So, in light of the fact that the strike isn't getting any better, the Parisians (and tourists for that matter) are starting to pace and the fact that I am not a very fast runner, I've decided that now is as good a time as any to move on. So a few weeks ago I started to ponder my next move...

You see, the plan was originally Spain, Barcelona, Sevilla etc... But then I decided I wanted to see snow and mountains and changed the itinerary to include a side trip to Switzerland to admire the view from atop the Matterhorn and go sledding down the Swiss alps... How cool does that sound?! About three days later (about the same time the temperature in Paris started dropping to just below freezing) I declared "Screw this!" and went in search of a plane, train, boat, or burro to somewhere warm... Anywhere warm... Well, warm and cheap, cause lord knows I hate spending money... About four days ago the answer presented itself in the form of a cheap round trip flight and 6$ a night hotel rooms... EGYPT! Of course! Why didn't I think of this before?! Sun, beaches, camels and three thousand year old dead guys! It's the vacation of my dreams! All the research I did just made the place look better and better, I don't need a visa before-hand, the exchange rate is awesome, and it's warm (very warm, ok somewhat scorching)! So here I am, off to visit all the pharaohs, temples, deserts and other assorted tourist traps of the cradle of civilization. Wish me luck! :D