Also very happily married, 18 years now, and we have one son aged 14. I'm English, my husband is Egyptian and at present we live in Bahrain, returning to Wales every summer. My husband is a geneticist, I'm a housewife. We're on the verge of buying a property in Hurghada, though neither of us have been yet. Naturally we'll visit before we part with any money! I have English friends, with Egyptian husbands, actually living in Egypt - one in Hurghada working as a teacher, and the other in Cairo. We're not ready to live in Egypt yet but we will when my husband retires - 7 or 8 years time. We're trying to get a small portfolio of properties together before that time to finance our retirement. Not sure where we'll eventually live, though all my husbands family live in Cairo. I'm still not a huge fan of Egypt, though I think the people are great. Maybe seeing it from the side of nationals rather than us ex-pats - life can be very hard even with a good job. My husband's sisters and his neices and nephews are all graduates in excellent jobs but salaries are low in comparison to the cost of living and property prices.
Anyway, it's really interesting to read everyone's profiles and I very much enjoy the whole Egypt Property Thread. The amount of information is fantastic and without out I'm not sure we would have chosen Hurghada.
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