Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/11/2019 10:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > Very interesting. Thanks for clarifying! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:33 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> Thanks for looking, Jayanand. Responding on-list since others may wonder >> also. There are two sources of connection between Algeria and Spain. >> >> When Algeria was a French colony, Spain was a poor and backwards country >> in the dark ages of Franco?s dictatorship, and a number of Spanish people >> emigrated to French Algeria in search of a better life. They settled >> there, >> had children etc. After Algeria became independent in the early 1960s, >> most >> of them returned to Spain (in some cases with children born in Algeria >> who >> had never been to Spain). And because Alicante is the part of Spain >> closest >> to Algeria (just look at the map), many of these returnees settled in this >> area. We have friends among this group?they are Spanish-French bilingual >> (often using French among themselves) but since many of them were small >> children when they left Algeria, they have not many memories and no >> particular nostalgia for the place. >> >> And of course, in recent decades, we have had migration from North Africa >> here in Spain, since the tables are now completely turned in terms of >> wealth and economic development. It is those people who were celebrating >> Bouteflika?s resignation in my photos. >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 11 Apr 2019, at 03:12, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >