Ras El Tin Palace in Alexandria

One of the oldest palaces in Egypt

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The Palace of Ras El Tin is not only a royal palace that belongs to the Mohammed Ali family, but it witnessed the most important political transformation in the history of Egypt, from kingdom to republic.
A place you must visit when you are in Alexandria.
Ras El Tin palace vintage photo

The building of the palace took at least 11 years of 1834 and the engineers who built the palace were brought by Mohammed Ali from abroad. He wanted the palace to be an architectural masterpiece of all ages.
Overlooking the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, this palace is one of the historical monuments in Alexandria
Ras El Tin Palace in Alexandria
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Egyptian culture today tourist exploration

Egypt blended culture

Egypt is not from the third world countries and not from the countries of the first world also, we are not backward, but we have the fantasy of underdevelopment, It's very complected to express the Egyptian people with words, as it's a mixer of Pharaohs, Greeks, Ottomans, English, French, Islamic and Christian cultures all blended, you just have to deal with them to know.

If you want to explore the real Egypt it's not only the historical place or the nice weather and beaches, the Beautiful Egypt is dealing with the Egyptian people, warmth, generosity, humbleness and helpful.
The best place to explore the Egyptian culture today is to deal and watch the Egyptian people in a local coffee shop, so to feel more Egyptian I help you use some Arabic words to order your drink.
Egyptian culture today

Have you tried to sit in a local Egyptian coffee shop?

If you did you would have heard some expressions in ordering your drink, I thought today to tell you how to order in Arabic and what it means.
Egypt local coffee shops

Starting with the Egyptian or Turkish coffee:

Qahwa means coffee
Qahwa zeyada mean coffee with extra sugar "two teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mano it's a bit sugary than medium and less than extra "one and half teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mazbot means medium sugar coffee "one teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa alreha = low sugar "half teaspoon"
Qahwa sada means with no sugar.
Qahwa faransawy means coffee with milk then use the sugar expressions with it, 
ex: qahwa faransawy mazbot means coffee with milk medium sugar.

Tea is much easier as it usually come without sugar and you put what you like, it's pronounced shay means tea
Shay fatla means tea bag
Shay ada means regular tea "no tea bag"
Shay meza or shay belaban mean tea with milk.

Sahlab

Sahlab is an Arabian hot drink usually we drink it in winter as it's very hot and it make you get warmer very delicious it taste nearly pudding.

To be updated with recommended coffee shops and more Arabic helpful expressions.