Inch Allah véritéééé!


Salem Alikoum everyone, Alikoum Salem,

With a little bit of luck, I shall be able to hold an experience with you… namely, follow a little drop of oil, extracted from the southern alegrian plants of Sonatrach (10th world largest hydrocarbures holding), through out the process, all the way to Algiers. Then I will watch the 50 000 barrel-tanker gracefully leave the bay carrying it to your tank station where ever you are in Europe. And all this while sitting on my terrasse. I can prove it!

Before that, I have to solve a couple of issues. Firstly, Food. Algerian chef might cook the best Tajin, the most delicious Couscous, the crustiest Mechoui, it is useless during Ramadan. This is going to sound very silly, and I take it on me 100%, but “not being muslim in a muslim country ain’t easy”… Indeed, even though time difference is only one hour from Brussels, adaptation is a rather tough mission. As an example, Week end’s start on Thursday (sounds easy but try it on…) then, they break the Ramadan at 18h so they close everything at 16h to make sure they will be on time for their only daily meal. This is only a matter of logistics, after all. In 7 days this will be over, and there will be finally room for celebrations everywhere... Algerians might be a little tensed because of muslim diet, they are still extremely friendly! most of them welcome you with a colgate smile and you become their frere in a sec...sisisis la vééééritéééé! They try to imitate the cow... many people have tried, few have succeded;) Finally, let me introduce you to Thibault. My new coordinator. Journalist, writer and great tennis player. Therefore, he spends a lot of time inhaling inspiration from the Arabic world, to, hopefully, give birth to his second piece. On the other hand, Anne Sophie remains my mentor but as a director now. It's great to work together again, as we already know and get to know each other better every day!


Last thing before wishing you to enjoy a great pinte of beer that i will hardly find over here... Some great friends of mine have decided to enter the blog world, so pay them a little visit: Pipovitch aka krakovitch aka philippe @ http://pipovitch.blogspot.com !!!! Adrien Mahy aka le plongeur aka mr tequila : http://adrienmahy.blogspot.com !!!! Scott Drummond aka scotland aka Mr Mixism : http://ogblogmagog.blogspot.com !!!! Suzy Voulzy aka Loduch aka mademoiselle chante le blues : http://suzyvoulzy.blogspot.com !!! Andreas do Brazil aka bodybuilder aka capete con cafe : http://andreasemkiyv.blogspot.com... A très bientot, inch allah!

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