Hotel Medi Sea Tunis
Zone Touristique Cedria Beach, Bir El Bey Tunis, 02055, Tunisia
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Big bust, no bust
Visited the main museum in Tunis 2 days ago...supposedly one of the absolutely, must see/do things in Tunis. The Bardo Museum as it's called, had extensive renos going on and well over half the place was closed. True there are some incredible Roman mosaics but I've come to ...
Africa, Tunisian Style
It appears that we left Europe with not a minute to spare: Lyon is under a foot of snow; Paris is on lock down; There’s a strike in Spain; Germany is at threat level gelb, and; Venice has flooding with some of the highest tides in a few years. Did I mention the iTouch is now MIA somewhere in all of this mess? As our European parting gift, Alitalia gave us a 1.5 hour flight delay, then another delay on the tarmac, on a plane that looked like it should ...
Tunisia Guide Books - the art of the zoom lens
... wow, I recognize that" was often followed by a quick "but they didn't show that in the picture". So often the magnificent door would be attached to a building that was falling apart, or the great view would be along side a dead cat or dead bird. (yes... We have had the 'mommy, is that really dead conversation). Now that I have recognized this pattern, I will try to take a couple of photos for you to see what I ...
Into Africa
... words were exchanged in rapid-fire Arabic. He then presented me with a flower necklace and a flower and kept driving. When we reached the hotel, I smiled at him. "how much?" "we agreed on a price," he smiled back. In situations like this, I'm not known for tact. "it's too much. Anyway, I just have dinari," I lied. "fine, whatever you can pay," he agreed. I ended up paying more than the transfer would have been, but a bit of a fairer price. Blog on Carthage will wait until ...
Tunis, Tunisia
... was revealed in some of the mosaics of Greek gods that had been adopted by the Romans. We saw many impressive pieces of art including one of a giant Roman Sandaled Foot that was even larger than mine.
We drove down from the museum and around pass the large lake that at one time was capable of receiving ships from the Mediterranean. That time is long gone and La Goulette is now the main port. As we passed the lake, we could see a large flock of flamingos that ...


