Hilton Alger Algiers
Pins Maritimes, El Mohammadia Algiers, DZ 16000, Algeria
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La Grand Plage
... bread is served, normally French baguette, and here is also a local bread served, which is VERY yummy. I'm going to miss this bread when I leave here.
Time to return to the hotel, I will be here another day.
The next day, I head out to explore some Roman ruins, right in the center of town. A leisurely walk along the beach promenade; past the port with it's small fishing boats, a park and then along the beach completes the ...
Alger la Blanche
... it, so that the dress is like a tunic over the pants. I need to adjust my wardrobe, so that I fit in somewhat, even though, that still might be a tall order.
My walk takes me to "La Grande Poste" the main post office, Hotel Albert I, and several small but loveley parks. I continue past the port and government buildings along the coast. There is a wide promenade and the view onto the Mediterranean ...
The bay of alger is in the shape of a croissant
... make my decisions on clues millionaire style: ask the audience, 50:50, friend on the phone. Friend on the phone is my favorite, and most of my close friends are familiarized with the format of the 30 second phone calls, which do not begin with "hi, how are you?" but "are you in front of computer with internet". Also, by know most of my friends have my access passwords to my emails and other accounts which contain the information I seem to be incapable to write down and retain.
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Grand mosque (Algiera, Algeria)
... under sultan Ali ibn Yusuf. Its minaret dates from 1324 and was built by the Ziyyanid sultan of Tlemcen. The gallery at the outside of the mosque was built in 1840. Its construction was a consequence of a complete reconstruction of the street by the French.
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Working in Algiers
... see in two hours. Our guide new less English than I know French, so we didn't really know most of what we were seeing.
Then back to work for our .last meeting and straight to the aiport, where crowds hung around televisions watching the soccer (football) ...



