MT HAIR??ARGGH

[tanora4eva]

THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A STUPID QUESTION ...BUT WHERE DO PEOPLE GET THEIR HAIR CUT WHEN THEIR AWAY ,MY HAIR GROWS REALLY FAST AND HAS TO BE CUT EVERY 2-3 WEEKS IM PLANNING TO GO FRM JUNE TILL OCT...
THANKS

[me]

i've often gotten my hair cut on travels. on my last trip, i'd wanted to get it cut by a Barber of Seville. but, it didn't fit my plans. [ended up getting it cut in La Coruña and, later, in Budapest]

btw, you might want to turn off your caps lock.

[tanora4eva]

sorry bout the caps lock :)button has a mind of its own,..what i meant really was is their much problems with the language bar ,can you find barber that speaks English?
thanks again

[Eagle]

tanora4eva, you didn't specify which countries you would be travelling in? Be assurred there are Barbers in just about every location you'll be visiting, but whether you can find an English-speaking Barber is going to be a matter of luck.

I got a haircut in Italy in September, and as it turned out the Barber didn't speak ANY English at all. I'm able to get by with basic Italian, so was able to convey my wishes on the type of cut I wanted. Even so, it was somewhat of a "leap of faith".

The end result was a bit different than what I'm used to (it was more of a "styling" than a "cut"), but he did a good job with the haircut. I had it more-or-less back to normal in a day or so and it was an enormous relief to have shorter hair again.

Keep in mind the old saying, "the only difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is two weeks" (or something to that effect). One has to be a bit flexible when travelling and accept that things might be a bit different (than includes haircuts!).

Good luck and happy travels!!!

[me]

when i got my hair cut on this past trip, 2004 - has it been that long? -the Budapest barber spoke no English and almost no German, my 2nd language. simple motioning served the communications needed.

actually, i'd wanted a haircut for a week before that but was in too much of a rush in Italy (much there to see, so time was too precious there to get a haircut). one place in Italy i had time was Cinque Terra. the only barber i found there charged too much. <he wanted, like, €30 - €40 to cut my hair! if i understood correctly.> the guy in Budapest charged so little! less than €5 worth of Forints! he had no clippers, just used scissors. seemed odd at the time.

little story: on that trip, when i got to each currency zone i'd get some local cash from an ATM. in Budapest, as i was planning to be in Hungary about a week, i figured i'd start with US$140 worth of local cash. almost everything was so cheap there, i had trouble using it all! i really wouldn't have done so if i hadn't traded Forints for €50 to a German guy with whom i was sharing the room in Szeged! [i'd met him & an Aussie at the Budapest hostel. when i told them i was headed to Szeged next, i guess they decided to do the same. i ran into them a few hours after i got to Szeged! (it made accommodations there much cheaper. . . no hostel in Szeged, but we split the hotel bill 3 ways, and the Aussie found a really cheap place to stay after the 1st night!)]

as it was, i had a few Forints left over which i gave to German friends i stayed with near the end of the trip - the wife had Family in Eger. she's the one who suggested Szeged.

[madamtrashheap]

As the boys point out, there are barbers everywhere (even in Seville! Trust you David!) so you'll find plenty of places. If you're really worried about how the haircut will turn out, maybe take a photo of yourself with said haircut and show it before you have your hair cut. It's a bit full on, but will let you keep your locks the way you want them...otherwise Eagle's sage advice is worth remembering (2 weeks btwn a bad and good haircut!).