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Alexandria

Took a long weekend in Alexandria, four or five days, depending on how you define day, I guess. Four nights in the Cecil, overpriced but nice. I mostly worked on my novel --- Yes, I'm actually writing again. But when I wasn't writing, I had some nice walks around the admittedly quite small bit of the city I saw. I did absolutely no sight-seeing. Had very nice lattes, 5 pounds!, at the Brasil Coffee Stores. Man, so good. But, no visits to the Alexandria Biblioteque, the palaces, ruins. I did learn how to say Alexander the Great in Arabic, though, and that made me happy. As a child, Alexander the Great was my hero. In Arabic: Skandar al Akhbar. So but these are just the typical sort of candid street shots I enjoy so much. Lonely walls, markets, urban farm animals.
Some kind of official looking building
Some kind of official looking building		 Corniche, out my window, with light bulb changer
Corniche, out my window, with light bulb changer		 There were all the soldiers outside this building. I mean a LOT. I was walking by one day, saw a Star of David. It's a synagogue
There were all the soldiers outside this building. I mean a LOT. I was walking by one day, saw a Star of David. It's a synagogue		 Nothing better than a lonely wall
Nothing better than a lonely wall
It's surprising to me how often you see sheeps and goats eating posters off walls
It's surprising to me how often you see sheeps and goats eating posters off walls		 Over-Exposure!
Over-Exposure!		 Mosque, tram, taxis
Mosque, tram, taxis		 Snoozing
Snoozing
Street life
Street life		 I'm also a sucker for laundry shots
I'm also a sucker for laundry shots		 And of course donkey carts. Can't go wrong with donkey cart shot
And of course donkey carts. Can't go wrong with donkey cart shot		 Corniche
Corniche
Corniche, palms
Corniche, palms		 From a distance, and for a second, I thought I saw a Hindu Temple. I didn't.
From a distance, and for a second, I thought I saw a Hindu Temple. I didn't.		 Nice park,
Nice park,		 Nice shop
Nice shop
Nice pile of dirt
Nice pile of dirt		 Courtship, Alex Style
Courtship, Alex Style		 Nice building, friday, no traffic
Nice building, friday, no traffic		 Same poster-eating sheep, closer
Same poster-eating sheep, closer
Lonely donkey cart
Lonely donkey cart		 Blue and yellow
Blue and yellow		 A ladder on wheels before a luminescent wall
A ladder on wheels before a luminescent wall		 Taxis by the Cinema. The taxis are Peugeot, Fiat and Lada
Taxis by the Cinema. The taxis are Peugeot, Fiat and Lada
Motorbike, big door
Motorbike, big door		 Chair, under manicured tree, by synagogue
Chair, under manicured tree, by synagogue

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