Meie uus kodu asub Alexandrias Zizinia piirkonnas. Paljudele kohalikele on siin maamärgiks kui öelda "Near San Stefano" see tähendab, et San Stefano ostukeskuse lähedal. Ühtlasi asub selle suure hoone merepoolses osas uhke Four Seasonsi hotell ja tagumises küljes kaubanduskeskus, jõusaal ja veel igasuguseid ärisid, ühes küljes ka pank ja sissepääs parklasse. Samuti on selles hoones suur hulk kalleid kortereid.
Vaid 5 minutit jalutuskäiku meie juurest.
Maru on siin samas piirkonnas elanud terve oma varasema elu. Elame üürikorteris, sest meil on peas igasuguseid mõtteid ja me pole päris kindlad, et siia elama jääme, seega ei soetanud ka kinnisvara. Kodu asub Maru endise kodu kõrvalmajas. Olen juba oma varasemate külaskäikude tõttu siia just selle piirkonnaga harjunud ja rõõmustasin, kui leidsime jõukohase hinnaga üürikorteri just sellesse piirkonda, kuna leian selle olevat "välismaalase sõbraliku". Kõik piirkonnad siin sellised just ei ole.
Siin on kombeks, et noorpaar kolib elama võimalikult valmis koju. Ei ole nii nagu Eestis, et paljud paarid alustavad oma elu vaid madratsiga nurgas ja liistud jäävadki igaveseks panemata. Siin tehakse kodu enne nii valmis kui võimalik. Ja tavaliselt on kombeks nii, et eluaseme ostab peigmehe pere ja kodu sisustamise kulu jääb pruudi perekonna kanda. Muidugi ei ole need piirid nii ranged. Maru sõnul jagatakse kulusid vastavalt igaühe võimalusele ka teismoodi.
Meil käisid asjad ka teisiti, Maru ja Maru ema sisustasid korteri (minu käest ka vahepeal arvamust küsides, et milline vaip valikust, milline diivan elutuppa jne) ja minu mamps aitas ka kaasa Soomemaalt. Ja tegelikult kuna tegu on ikkagi üürikorteriga, oli enamus mööblit siin ka olemas ja vajas ainult kohendamist ja pesu.
Igatahes siia jõudes astusin sisse täiesti valmis koju (kõik detailid, kausikesed ja salvrätikudki valmis). Ela ja ole ainult. Tundsin end kohe hästi ja koduselt.
Ja esimesed külalisedki tõin kohe kaasa :)
Mõned pildikesed piilumiseks teile siia:
Liiklus on siin tihe ja linn suur, seetõttu olen eriti rahul sellega, et kõik vajalik on siin kodu lähedal mulle kättesaadav.
Lähim väike pood: 1 min
Lähim puuviljalett tänaval: 1 min, lihtsalt ümber nurga
Lähim ostukeskus: 5 min - 7 min
Merd näeb: pärast 5 minutilist jalutuskäiku
Rand, kus saab päevitada, ujuda, on toolid ja rätikud ja kõik muu vajalik: u 10 min jalutuskäiku
Värske mahla baar tänaval: 7 min
Jõusaal: 7 min
Apteek: 2-3 min
Ilusalong: 2-3 min
Mereäärne kõnnitee või promenaad, kus on igal sammul ka kohvikuid: 7 min
Ainult rohelised pargid on kaugemal ja kui tuleb isu minna teise kaubanduskeskusesse, kus on mõned teised poed, siis teekond sinna oleneb alati sellest kui palju on parajasti hetkel tänaval autosid.
Rõdu mul ei ole ja erilist ilusat vaadet aknast samuti mitte, kuna elan esimesel korrusel ja hooned ümberringi on kõrged, tänavad kitsad. Aga kurta ka ei saa :)
Meil käisid asjad ka teisiti, Maru ja Maru ema sisustasid korteri (minu käest ka vahepeal arvamust küsides, et milline vaip valikust, milline diivan elutuppa jne) ja minu mamps aitas ka kaasa Soomemaalt. Ja tegelikult kuna tegu on ikkagi üürikorteriga, oli enamus mööblit siin ka olemas ja vajas ainult kohendamist ja pesu.
Igatahes siia jõudes astusin sisse täiesti valmis koju (kõik detailid, kausikesed ja salvrätikudki valmis). Ela ja ole ainult. Tundsin end kohe hästi ja koduselt.
Ja esimesed külalisedki tõin kohe kaasa :)
Mõned pildikesed piilumiseks teile siia:
Liiklus on siin tihe ja linn suur, seetõttu olen eriti rahul sellega, et kõik vajalik on siin kodu lähedal mulle kättesaadav.
Lähim väike pood: 1 min
Lähim puuviljalett tänaval: 1 min, lihtsalt ümber nurga
Lähim ostukeskus: 5 min - 7 min
Merd näeb: pärast 5 minutilist jalutuskäiku
Rand, kus saab päevitada, ujuda, on toolid ja rätikud ja kõik muu vajalik: u 10 min jalutuskäiku
Värske mahla baar tänaval: 7 min
Jõusaal: 7 min
Apteek: 2-3 min
Ilusalong: 2-3 min
Mereäärne kõnnitee või promenaad, kus on igal sammul ka kohvikuid: 7 min
Ainult rohelised pargid on kaugemal ja kui tuleb isu minna teise kaubanduskeskusesse, kus on mõned teised poed, siis teekond sinna oleneb alati sellest kui palju on parajasti hetkel tänaval autosid.
Rõdu mul ei ole ja erilist ilusat vaadet aknast samuti mitte, kuna elan esimesel korrusel ja hooned ümberringi on kõrged, tänavad kitsad. Aga kurta ka ei saa :)
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Our new home is located in area called "Zizinia". For most of alexandrians you can also say a landmark "San Stefano Mall", that near this. This big mall also has a fancy Four Seasons Hotel on it's seaside side and from the back side you can eter the mall. This building has also a gym, many businesses, a bank and entrance to the parking area. Also a cinema. And many expensive apartments.
5-minute walk from our home.
Maru has lived in this same area all his life that he has spent in Egypt. We now live in a rental apartment, because we are not su sure yet, what we will do in our future life and where we stay living for long time. So we didn't find it reasonable to purchase an apartment for real. Our home is the next building from Maru's previous home. I was cheering when I knew that he found an apartment here because from my previous visits to Alexandria I was already used to this area and find this area also "foreigner friendly". Not all areas in Alex are like this.
Here is a tradition that a newlyweds will move to live in a home made possibly ready for the time they start their life together. Not like in Estonia that most of the couples of families move in to an empty apartment having a mattress instead of bed in bedroom for years and walls and floors are never finished at all :). Here the home will be much more ready. And as Maru was telling me that usually the parents of a groom will take care of buying an apartment and the parents of a pride will take care of buying furniture and stuff like this. Here parents really start to plan and save for their children in early age to provide the necessary things for them in future. In Estonia often there is not much help from parents, only if they have possibility to help, sure they will. But nothing expected from parents most time. Sure here these things are not always so strict but it is a long tradition and so many prides and grooms and their families are expecting things to be. Costs can be divided differently than this too.
Our life together started differently. Maru and his mother made all the apartment ready for us. A huge amount of work, painting walls and buying also some new furniture and also details like kitchen equipment. When I first stepped in to my new home I was literally shocked in a good way. Even tissues and every detail was ready and made so nice that I don't have any complaints. It all matces my taste very well. I am speechless how grateful I am to them to start my life here like this. Luckily some furniture was already in this apartment too, needed only maybe cleaning and repairing.
So when I arrived, I stepped in to a ready home. Just come and live. So welcoming feeling. And I felt home immediately. And sure I brought even first quests with me.
For those who are far and haven't visited me, I provide some pictures here :)
Traffic in Alex is crowded and city big. So I am lucky having most necessary places available near home.
Nearest small foodstore: 1 minute walk
Nearest fruit offer: 1 minute walk, basically just around the corner here
Nearest big shopping mall: 5-7 minute walk
I will see the sea: about after a 5 minute walk
The beach where to get tanned and to swim (chairs and towels provided too): about 10 minutes to walk
Nearest juice-bar on street: 7 minutes
The gym: 7 minutes
A pharmacy: 2-3 minutes
The beautysalon: 2-3 minutes
Seaside street promenade with many cafes: 7 minutes walk away
Only the green parks are more far and some other big shopping malls. If there is a wish to go there, the length of a ride there depends so much of the traffic on this certain time.
I don't have a balcony and a stunning view from my home window, because we live on the first floor and buildings around it are high and streets narrow. But I don't complain about the gummy-tree view too. Sometimes we sneak out from window to see what is currently happening there or how the street-cats are doing :)
5-minute walk from our home.
Maru has lived in this same area all his life that he has spent in Egypt. We now live in a rental apartment, because we are not su sure yet, what we will do in our future life and where we stay living for long time. So we didn't find it reasonable to purchase an apartment for real. Our home is the next building from Maru's previous home. I was cheering when I knew that he found an apartment here because from my previous visits to Alexandria I was already used to this area and find this area also "foreigner friendly". Not all areas in Alex are like this.
Here is a tradition that a newlyweds will move to live in a home made possibly ready for the time they start their life together. Not like in Estonia that most of the couples of families move in to an empty apartment having a mattress instead of bed in bedroom for years and walls and floors are never finished at all :). Here the home will be much more ready. And as Maru was telling me that usually the parents of a groom will take care of buying an apartment and the parents of a pride will take care of buying furniture and stuff like this. Here parents really start to plan and save for their children in early age to provide the necessary things for them in future. In Estonia often there is not much help from parents, only if they have possibility to help, sure they will. But nothing expected from parents most time. Sure here these things are not always so strict but it is a long tradition and so many prides and grooms and their families are expecting things to be. Costs can be divided differently than this too.
Our life together started differently. Maru and his mother made all the apartment ready for us. A huge amount of work, painting walls and buying also some new furniture and also details like kitchen equipment. When I first stepped in to my new home I was literally shocked in a good way. Even tissues and every detail was ready and made so nice that I don't have any complaints. It all matces my taste very well. I am speechless how grateful I am to them to start my life here like this. Luckily some furniture was already in this apartment too, needed only maybe cleaning and repairing.
So when I arrived, I stepped in to a ready home. Just come and live. So welcoming feeling. And I felt home immediately. And sure I brought even first quests with me.
For those who are far and haven't visited me, I provide some pictures here :)
Traffic in Alex is crowded and city big. So I am lucky having most necessary places available near home.
Nearest small foodstore: 1 minute walk
Nearest fruit offer: 1 minute walk, basically just around the corner here
Nearest big shopping mall: 5-7 minute walk
I will see the sea: about after a 5 minute walk
The beach where to get tanned and to swim (chairs and towels provided too): about 10 minutes to walk
Nearest juice-bar on street: 7 minutes
The gym: 7 minutes
A pharmacy: 2-3 minutes
The beautysalon: 2-3 minutes
Seaside street promenade with many cafes: 7 minutes walk away
Only the green parks are more far and some other big shopping malls. If there is a wish to go there, the length of a ride there depends so much of the traffic on this certain time.
I don't have a balcony and a stunning view from my home window, because we live on the first floor and buildings around it are high and streets narrow. But I don't complain about the gummy-tree view too. Sometimes we sneak out from window to see what is currently happening there or how the street-cats are doing :)
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