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Sharm El Sheikh Travel 07: Escaping Rome's Rain to the Red Sea, With Zero Research
A week of rain forecast in Rome. One search for a country with no rain, a flight to Sharm El Sheikh. A surprise visa fee, an ATM wad, the Red Sea, the desert.
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A week of rain forecast in Rome. One search for a country with no rain, a flight to Sharm El Sheikh. A surprise visa fee, an ATM wad, the Red Sea, the desert.

April 2023, my first look at the Mediterranean. A first day in Nice spent bouncing between a pebble beach and Place Masséna, then Chagall's hilltop village.

April 2023: I quit my job, bought a ticket that day and flew that night. Emirates via Dubai, a Megabus, and the homestay where my English began.