Back to blogging

Hello everybody,

I have been under tremendous pressure from you to update my blog, so after 20 days of rest, here we go!!! I have a lot of things to tell you about, so I promise 5 posts in the next 5 days! Lucky you :-)

(notice that there was a warning at the beginning of the blog explictly saying that if I was not updating it, that would mean that I was too busy discovering the Syrian Charms; well, it was exactly what happened !)

So, where should I start? In the last entry, I was still living in the Christian district of Bab Touma, in the middle of the Old city. I was telling you it was a labyrinth to go there, here is a short video to give you an insight of my daily walks:

http://dl.free.fr/bVTLyuost
30mg file (2 min). You can download it for free and with no virus (special offer !)

I spent about one week in this house and I really enjoyed it. The family was very nice and it was good to speak a bit French with Syrian people. After each day of work, I was spending some time with them, drinking tea, chatting a bit and watching Syrian TV (I couldn’t get a word, but Syrian music video clips are priceless !).

Some pictures of the family:

Sami, Eva, Laurice, Antino, and ...well you know him

But I was also going out most of the time, and that’s what I call…Back to normal life! (to be followed…tomorrow)


Fun Fact of the day: It has been officially the 47^th time today that I’ve been asked something in Arabic in the street (possibily directions but as I don’t understand, it may also be “you are awesome” or “I am sure France will beat Ireland tonight”). People really believe that I am Syrian! 3 possible reasons:
- tourists or students usually don’t walk alone in the streets
- I look confident (a Syrian guy told me that)
- I really look Syrian (after Greece this summer, I am really starting to think that I have a universal face !)