Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I did not know they were Algerians who had migrated to Spain, I thought they were all in France!. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:41 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Last week two small vignettes really brought home that our nearest > neighbour here in Alicante is North Africa. On Thursday afternoon I was > cycling after work, and I stopped to photograph the sunset sky over the A70 > motorway that bypasses Alicante, including in the picture a sign indicating > the distance to Almer?a and the ferries to Morocco and Algeria that depart > from there?in Spanish and in Arabic, since many of the drivers who use this > motorway to get to the ferries to cross the Mediterranean are Moroccans and > Algerians living in countries further north, such as France, Belgium or the > Netherlands. > > Then on Sunday afternoon I was walking around the centre and happened upon > this small demonstration on Plaza Monta?eta, one of Alicante?s central > squares. The tone was decidedly celebratory, and I suspected that it had to > do with the recent resignation of longtime president Bouteflika. And > indeed, one of the Algerian bystanders confirmed that. I took a few > pictures: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Algerians-in-Alicante/ > > People were very friendly and someone else asked me if I needed more > information?I politely told him that I had already spoken with one of his > compatriots there. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information