Yesterday i went with Belal to the city centre of Alexandria for a meeting in Caritas Egypt and for taking some pictures. I found the centre a very familiar scenario, the views in there are not so different from those ones found in Seville: orange trees, narrow streets and balconies in every building. A typical example of a balcona (yes, another common word in spanish and arabic) can be seen in the picture:
Obviously, the style of many of the buildings are not so similar to those found in Al-Andalus, but dont you find some of the arches in this building reminiscent to those found in the Great Mosque of Cordoba, and others sort of quotating Gothic style?
I know that some of you will be wondering: what are normal looking buildings doing in this blog?, sincerely i just did not want to give the wrong impression of Alexandria city centre. In spite of the most of buildings in there being shocking just for their disrepair state, i manage to find the following pearl among them:
What else can be said? An image worth a million words! A funny thing that happened while taking this picture, is that a couple of girls that pass through there every day noticed for the fist time the building when they saw me photographing it. Their comment (thanks to Belal for the translation) was something like: "Oh, i never notice how beautiful this was!"...emmm obviously they did not have a clue of what my opinion was.
Another similarity i found between Sevilla and Alex is the ridiculous number of coche de caballos in the streets to show the city to (and to extortionate) visiting foreigners:
The driver´s face made me laugh for the calm that transpired out of him, simply lovely! Just round the corner from where this driver was smoking and chilling, i found this the door of a cafe; i just could not get my eyes out of it:
So here is the little translation game: can anybody guess what is this all about? The person that guess right will get a golden cockphant (or gallifante for spanish speakers). The solution to this puzzle will be revealed in the next few days...enjoy!
PS: Party cannot participate in the game cos he already almost died laughing when i told him the solution
Obviously, the style of many of the buildings are not so similar to those found in Al-Andalus, but dont you find some of the arches in this building reminiscent to those found in the Great Mosque of Cordoba, and others sort of quotating Gothic style?
I know that some of you will be wondering: what are normal looking buildings doing in this blog?, sincerely i just did not want to give the wrong impression of Alexandria city centre. In spite of the most of buildings in there being shocking just for their disrepair state, i manage to find the following pearl among them:
What else can be said? An image worth a million words! A funny thing that happened while taking this picture, is that a couple of girls that pass through there every day noticed for the fist time the building when they saw me photographing it. Their comment (thanks to Belal for the translation) was something like: "Oh, i never notice how beautiful this was!"...emmm obviously they did not have a clue of what my opinion was.
Another similarity i found between Sevilla and Alex is the ridiculous number of coche de caballos in the streets to show the city to (and to extortionate) visiting foreigners:
The driver´s face made me laugh for the calm that transpired out of him, simply lovely! Just round the corner from where this driver was smoking and chilling, i found this the door of a cafe; i just could not get my eyes out of it:So here is the little translation game: can anybody guess what is this all about? The person that guess right will get a golden cockphant (or gallifante for spanish speakers). The solution to this puzzle will be revealed in the next few days...enjoy!
PS: Party cannot participate in the game cos he already almost died laughing when i told him the solution
8 comments:
God!! But it is so clear to me now...;P Hilarious....there is not price tag for this side-spplitting translation!!!
Lol, no matter what it means, it's obviously gonna be a classic!
I reckon that the second line is "air conditioned"? lol Might be totally wrong of course ;)
First line, Billiard Silver? No clue really!
But my attempt is - it;s an air conditioned pool club? :) with a silversmith bussiness mixed in? LOL!
how not!!?? the smart asses turn up very quickly :D
Exactly, the dubious Bosnian Muslim wins the gallifante: The name of the place is the Silver Billiard (with the necessary alteration of the order of the noun and adjective!) and yes it is air conditioner inside...classic among the classics!!! ill keep up my work for finding more of this deliciously funny details
Damn... and I thought it might have something to do with a HairDresser place... where they would "adapt" your "hair" on a silver billiard...
Damn... no... definitely not the good translation...
But will be following carefully the next game.
Thanks for sharing Gatito.
Y besos para todos,
El Puto Gabacho
thank you for sharing your journey with us!! I love ur writing it has very good flow and it s very pleasant to read! It makes me want to go there event more!the pictures are so cool!!it s a pity we don t see u more in them.. Enjoy as much as you can, and keep us posted! (More more ;)!!)
Ps: why don t you tell us about the time ur flatmate made u dance in front of everyone?? That s funny!!
love u, miss u!!!
Ese Nonooooo!
Greetings from Duroliponte. I found out about your blog yesterday and am reading through it now and enjoying it a lot.
Keep up the good posting and enjoy Egypt! Un abrazo.
Ciao Nono
your blog is great, very interesting articles and adventures...sigue asì!
***Lau***
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