El viaje más divertido que hemos hecho!! [View Full Entry]

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the Jedi Mindtricks of: Sober-One Kenobi So, I Believe I left off with us stranded helplessly in the Sahara, sick with infections and horny camels... Oh wait-- Did I not mention that last little fun fact? Well, before I get started, that has to be addressed. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is breeding season for Tunisian camels this winter. That means the womenfolk of the camel-kind are either pregnant or craftily avoiding getting knocked up, but that is not easy feat. I've watched Animal Planet with boarder-line obsession, and I have never once seen what male camels do to attract a [View Full Entry]

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the amazing typing skills of: the now-freckled Robin Well, it's the sandy post you've all been waiting for, and I do believe my keyboard is hopelessly broken, so bear with me here. I'm having spacebar issues on top of the normal 'm' and 'a' changes. Crazy country! JAN 19th: the adventure begins! We ended today in the town of Kairouen. Known for it's famous cookies of condensed baklava-like douch, and filled with dates or almonds, we made a required stop at the best patisserie in town. Also, we saw the great mosque, which was beyond impressive with it's simplicity. Makes St [View Full Entry]

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the Crazy Writings of: Snow White Did you miss me? I know I did! We have just gotten back from a week of travel around this fabulous land, and I'm just regaining the ability to speak. Since we missed two weeks here, I have to backtrack. (Bess Davis, another student on the trip, has a blog on www.BessinTunisia.blogspot.com... check it out!) JAN 14th: Exploration of Tunis We ran amok around the capital Tunis aujourd'hui, and it was fantastic. The medina, or Old City, is in the center of town and surrounded by an ancient stone wall. It,s full of crazy twisty [View Full Entry]

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"....We landed in the country of the Lotus-Eaters, who live on a flowering food." Homer:The Odyssey. Tunisia was a gentle re-introduction to the African continent. It has good tourist infrastructure, an efficient public transport system and its people are friendly and helpful. After 6 months back in Britain earning some money, I'm traveling again. (See my last blog). I had packed an Arabic phrase book, but found that I didn't need to use it. Everyone I spoke to in the last 2 weeks spoke French. I flew out of Britain on the 7th of January [View Full Entry]

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Written by: Robin And so it begins! We have been in Tunisia for five days now, and I am in love with this country! It is very difficult to type, so excuse any typos-- we use an Arabic-French keyboard, and it is very disorienting. WELL everyone on our trip gets along very well. It does not surprise us very much, since we all have so much in common. Our families are incredible. Carolyn and I are in a large family that seems to collect foreign students. There is a Norweigian girl staying for a year! One thing I love about Tunisia [View Full Entry]

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Dear Friends and Family, So i am sitting here in Casablanca....but no no no i will not write a word about beautiful Maroc just yet....next blog inshallah. We gotta give the needed attention to Tunisia. So just like Libya, our stay was too short, but memorable. Our first night was spent at some ridiculously remote town in the middle of the desert where they filmed Star Wars, i splet in a cold cave for the love of God, lol but it was super fun! Our tour guide was fine but his english was horrible which led to a lot of funny [View Full Entry]

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Day 1: Thur, Jan 3rd Departure from Philly Int'l on Air France: 6:55p.m. Day 2: Fri, Jan 4th Arrival at de Gaul Int'l: 8:20a.m., depature to Tunis: 9:50 a.m., arrival in Tunis: 12:20 p.m. Al-Marsa Center, on the Mediterranean outside Tunis, check-in and lunch. Afternoon: group orientation session "Men's and Women's Spaces in Tunis" Evening: exploring the coastal town of Sidi Bou Said; coffee/tea at a traditional cafe on top of tyhe Sidi Bou Said mountain Day 3: Sat, Jan 5th Breakfast at Al-Marsa Center [View Full Entry]

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Yay! Africa! We just realized that our new bambino will have been on 3 continents BEFORE birth - not too shabby! That is something to brag about at pre-school for sure. After a lot of going back and forth we decided to book an excursion through the cruise ship for Tunis. The logistics of planning something on our own proved to be too difficult. We booked the Sidi Bou Said and Carthage tour. Seemed like the perfect mix of quaint seaside town and ancient Roman ruins. We had a lovely 5:30 am wake up call - can you say groggy? We [View Full Entry]

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Rarely do i get to have an amazing roster that allows me to have a three day holiday in Tunisia and call it work! In June i flew 7 hours via Libya to Tunis the capital of Tunisia where we stayed in this gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous 5 star hotel overlooking the mediterranean. We arrived early in the afternoon enough time to make sunset in a beautifull area called 'Sidi bou said' a very enchanting local spot with sheesha cafes and peppermint tea and cosy arabic restaurants in gardens filled with jasmine plants. We watched the sunset from the stairs of [View Full Entry]

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