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The Gypsy Kid and a Balkan Mess
... been what we'd call break dancing but it was a helluva a lot more than I ever expected. So I give him about 50 cents. And then the other people at the table get in on it. Next thing you know he's dancing like Michael Jackson, shaking his leg like its 1985, doing the moonwalk, all of it. I mean, the kid was good.
So this kid is dancing for dollars and at 11 years old making more money off of us than most adults in Bosnia would in a full ...
Tunis
... 1987, until he was forced to step down and flee the country on 14 January 2011.
Everybody speaks french here so it's been really easy getting around and making myself understood, However, the Quebec accent does give them problems somewhat as does their accent Also tons of French influence in the food...that's a very good thing indeed.
Ciao for now!
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About to spend the day in Tunis
... swimming pool, the hot tub, the gym, the DVD library and the TV. Really too much to do. And since I’m also trying to write….no time to be bored, that’s for sure.
One thing that’s been fun is to sit at tables with people who don’t know. Not sure we will make any enduring friends but the diversity is fun. Meals in general are totally casual and open seating. There are two ...
Rock the Kasbah
... at Zaytouna (Olive) Mosque. I can pay to go in, but only to the courtyard which I do. I stand and admire the architecture. An old man in a straw hat shuffles in. "Hello," he says in French. "How's it going?" He shuffles off and I leave the mosque as prayers will soon be starting. I wander aimlessly up and down the streets until I leave the tourist path. I'm almost the only non-Tunisian there, but only get stared at once by an old woman. I leave there and go to the food souk. It is ...
Min misr
... as simple as buying a notebook.
Nonetheless, classes at the Bourguiba institute are excellent. Isolated from the real world, we speak al jazeera Arabic and pretend everyone else does too. Whereas I couldn't understand a thing yesterday, I discovered two things this morning that made my day. First and foremost, no one else has a clue either. Second, when cheating with an officially forbidden dictionary in the breaks, ...


