Solo in Algeria (One of the World's Hardest Visas): Appreciating Algiers' Architecture

First part in a ~7 part series of my travels across the Maghreb (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco). Algiers is a gorgeous city, European in architecture but worlds apart from Europe in finance, culture, and atmosphere. Citizens gather reading newspapers over $0.25 coffees in the morning amidst the haze in the distance. Even though I was here one day, hopefully you'll find as much to appreciate about this capital as I did.