Whats living in Alexandria, Egypt like?
I’ve never lived in Alexandria so I can’t offer much advice, but I have visited the city twice before which was enough to learn that English is a lot less prevalent there than other major cities in Egypt. Doesn’t mean that no one there speaks English, but I was stuck by the fact that we couldn’t find a single taxi driver who could understand a request to drive us to the Catacombs (one of main ancient tourist attractions). I don’t remember hearing anyone speak French, but that’s just a general impression. I really liked the city a lot though- apparently it’s the place that Egyptians from across the country go for their holidays and it certainly felt like that when I was there. It seemed like there was a bit of a carnival air to the place, and tonnes of families would be out enjoying themselves with their kids until past midnight. It’s really beautiful by the sea with wonderful sunsets and the main squares, buildings, and palm trees are incredibly picturesque. I’m Canadian, which means m
