Comments | selenak: Ah, Alexandria

selenak

Ah, Alexandria

May 20, 2006 16:36

The undisputed highlight of my time in Berlin: the new exhibition Ägyptens Versunkene Schätze ("The Sunken Treasures of Egypt") which hasn't been shown anywhere else in the world yet and was only opened last week. It shows the findings made in the bey of Alexandria - the lost cities Heraklion and Conapus, and the part of Alexandria which had been ( Read more... )

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artaxastra May 20 2006, 15:18:54 UTC

*sigh*

I would give quite a lot to see it. :(

selenak May 20 2006, 16:29:14 UTC

I thought of you quite a lot while walking through it...

eirena May 20 2006, 15:35:10 UTC

The exhibition sounds absolutely stunning -- we're both a little envious! How exciting...

(Also: Thanks for the fic rec! *hugs*)

selenak May 20 2006, 16:28:27 UTC

I loved it. Another reason for you two to make a Europe tour.*g*

eirena May 20 2006, 16:30:27 UTC

Oh, sweetheart, if we only had the money, we'd be doing just that. As soon as we sorted out her citizenship. Bah, immigration.

likeadeuce May 20 2006, 16:12:31 UTC

sounds lovely!

*knock on wood* re: CDs

selenak May 20 2006, 16:26:06 UTC

Having now watched the first episode, I can happily report they do indeed work. *g*

likeadeuce May 20 2006, 16:27:43 UTC

yay! and that should motivate me to write the essay on that episode that I've been meaning to write for some time --

pjferret May 20 2006, 21:59:11 UTC

That exhibit sounds wonderful. We were supposed to visit Alexandria when we were in Egypt last year (wow, it's exactly a year ago this week, come to think of it!). Unfortunately, we all ended up with a really nasty stomach bug (to put it politely), and had to skip it to stay in our hotel room. Not fun. Alexandria was one of the days I had been most looking forward to. It was the vacation of a lifetime even without it, but I still regret having to miss it.

selenak May 21 2006, 04:20:08 UTC

Oh, my sympathies about the ill-timed stomach bug! That had to suck.

I hope you'll make another journey to Egypt, though...

pjferret May 21 2006, 21:33:55 UTC

It was our own fault. They say to avoid the water (Americans, at lesat - I guess there are chemicals in it our systems can't handle) in all forms - even food cooked or washed in it. We made the mistake of eating hot dogs on our second to last day there. We were so desperate for familiar food, we didn't think. And boy, did we pay for it. *sigh*

Maybe someday I'll be able to take a Mediterranean cruise or something that stops in Alexandria.