Tunisia, white walled houses, blue shutters, warm sun and friendly faces. That will be my abiding memory of Tunisia. It all started with a rather too long ferry from Genova in Italy, 24hrs plus customs and then needed to find a hotel, so the first night was spent with the Iitalian chapter of the Black Widows! Next day i tried to get into Algeria via the northern most border point at Tabarka, no go and was told to get a visa from the Embassy at El Kef, en-route got distracted by one of the numerous sites of Roman ruins. Nearby I [View Full Entry]

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For the first time in our trip we are seeing a culture that is significantly different than ours. Tunisia is where Nadine and her family lived for a year when she was 14 years old. Her and her sister (Annie) went to a French school in Sousse for a year. So Nadine is trying to go down memory lane…but apparently, Tunisia has undergone many changes in the 27 years since Nadine went to school here. She remembers the roads being clogged with horse or donkey driven wagons, bicycles, and people. Today the roads are still clogged…but now with other cars, trucks, [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday I went on a ride into the mountains of northern Israel, they are called the Gollan heights and it is edged by the Jordan river which feeds the sea of Galilee (or Tiberias as it is now known ). This is the Garden of Israel and full of banana plantations and other market gardening ventures set up by the multinational company's.Is is a very fertile area and the mountains have a rugged beauty about them. The air Is much cleaner and also a dammed sight cooler. I stop by Nazereth, known for being Christ's home town, bit like growing up [View Full Entry]

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25th September: The picture below shows us getting out of the car on the ferry from Dover to Calais We spent the night at a B&B just outside the town followed by breakfast with some hairy Belgium bikers. 26th September Then onto the autoroutes through France, Belgium, Luxembourg back to France and then Switzerland and a night stop with Amel’s friend Anila an Basal. Getting used to the concept of marriage, we have both been single for so long…. We are also now jobless and homeless, it will take a while to appreciate both. Definitely picked up one speeding ticket and [View Full Entry]

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The next day on our cruise we were at see, so like the other day at sea, we just sat by the pool and relaxed. Our next port of call was Tunis, Tunisia in Northern Africa. Since we had never been to Africa before and we weren't quite sure what to expect, we decided to take an all-day tour that included all the major sights of Tunis, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said. We sure picked a good day to go to Africa! Our tour guide said that it was one of the hottest days in Africa in the summer...45C!!!!!! Our first [View Full Entry]

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Siguiendo con la canción de este año del colegio de Pedro, “it’s a small world after all” (es un mundo pequeño después de todo), podemos dar fé que es cierto. Cuando era chico pasé la mitad de mis fines de semana en la casa de mis abuelos en Longchamps. Muchos de esos fines de semana me iba a jugar con Martín y Andrés, que son los hijos de Jorge e Iris, la prima de mi papá. Se ve que la pasaba muy bien, porque todavía tengo muchos recuerdos visuales de esos días en el fondo de la casa de los tíos [View Full Entry]

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Hi, I'm Giulia, a early 21-years-old girl of Turin, Italy. Last summer, my boyfriend and I, went to Tunisia for a summer holiday. We stayed there the second week of September 2008. We stayed in a all inclusive village of alpitur and we enjoyed ourselves so much!!! The equipe of animation was so nice, because they left the holidaymakers in peace without insist to join at their activities. The village was very very very... wonderful! It's looks like a small paradise for us: there were 2 swimming pool, one cover and one's not. The sea was beautifil all the time we [View Full Entry]

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After my brief stop over in Europe I headed to Tunisia to visit the ancient city of Carthage. According to Roman legend Carthage was founded by Queen Dido in 814BC. For those you up on your Virgil you may remember her as the queen who gave refuge to Aeneas and his men upon their recent escape following the fall of Troy. Aeneas and Dido fell in love but alas the god Mercury reminded Aeneas that his mission was to move on and found a great city (which would become Rome). Dido heart broken, killed herself by falling on Aeneas sword, but [View Full Entry]

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Our 10th and final day in Tunisia. What a great place and one which is full of contrasts. Time stopped here in the 19th century yet internet and mobile phones are everywhere. The people are very friendly and often there is a bit of English here and there. The country has a long Islamic heritage yet all is very relaxed. It is possible to even find a little alcohol. On arrival in Tunis it seemed we were in Paris with cafe lined Habib Bourguiba Av and carefully pruned trees. We enjoyed our time with visits to the Roman city of Catharge, [View Full Entry]

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As our roadtrip continued further south and again near the Algerian border, the scenery became increasingly mountainous and dry. The towns of Mides and Tamerza are located in a particularly hilly area complete with some senic dry canyons. One of which was used for scenes in The English Patient. An abandoned walled mud town near Tamerza provided a scenic foreground for a palmeraie and rough mountains. Aptly named, palmeraies are the palm groves or oases found in the desert typically fed by underground springs. Locals manage these groves and grow fruit and vegetables in the forgiv [View Full Entry]

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