Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
We decided to stay till the first of July instead of the first of June. We can use this extra month to finish this project in Cairo properly. We are working quite hard but it takes so much time. There are so many details! But we get many positive reactions. ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Elke and Heba looking outside from window in the studio
We went out for dinner in an Italian restaurant in Zamalek with a group of people on the 22th. The diner was not really good and expensive in comparising with Egyptian food. Afterwards we went back downtown and bought some drinks. ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The first two days Ibrahim worked for us, he was super enthusiastic and invited a lot of people to come over and see the maquette. Our studio became a hang out. People started to help us painting, make small portraits of us, show their own paintings etc. Though we liked ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I made a lot of samosas for the party on Saturday but they were gone in less than an hour. A strange British guy probably ate half of them, because he was quite passionate about the taste and every time I saw him he had a samosa in his hand ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
We downloaded google earth again. It's a good way to get a overview of this crazy chaotic city. the red square on the picture is our building and we've been living here for already two weeks now. On the left you can see the river Nile and the Egyptian museum
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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We went with a big group of people to Old Cairo to the wedding of Belal. It was a traditional Egyptian wedding. It was great to be there. We danced a lot, especially with the children, who became our friends. The boy is on the video. Afterwards we ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Townhouse
Detail of the model, same corner as picture above
Today we worked in the studio the whole day. It's feels a bit strange to be making a miniature model and to spend so much time in our studio, while the huge scale of the city is so attractive. On the ...
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