Yadis Ibn Khaldoun Tunis
30 rue de Koweit Tunis, 1002, Tunisia
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The Gypsy Kid and a Balkan Mess
... at an outdoor restaurant. We sit down to join them and order some beer and appetizers when a gypsy kid comes up to me with his hand out and a sorry look on his face pleading, "I hunger." He looked like a healthy enough kid to me and I figured maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. I tell him "Look, buddy, if you want money you're going to have to do something for it. You know, sing a song or dance. Something, anything, whatever. Just give me a reason to give ...
Tunis
No pix or big stories yet but 2 days ago Chisa and I parted ways as her business took her back to Japan where she will be for the next 2 months and I have continued on to my next post-revolutionary country Tunisia, where new adventures await. So far, I have been treated wonderfully by Mo Zarrouk's (an old friend I used to work with in Toronto) Tunisian friends in Tunis. ...
About to spend the day in Tunis
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Rock the Kasbah
... of the goods?" I knew this would happen, so I'm prepared. He pulls a bottle of lemon scent. "You can add this to a bath, it makes you strong." He lists the properties of lemon, and then pulls a bottle of jasmine. "Or what about amber? You don't have that in England." When I later tell him I'm Canadian, he tells me I'm "still welcome". I think he's disappointed I'm not from England, as at one point he said "fish and chips and mushy peas and couscous." He pulls a bottle marked ...
Min misr
'Could you get me a notebook?' / Fi aindek daftar, idha bitried.
'A what?' / Shu turied?
'A noooteboook.' / Ja'ani, daaaftaaar.
'Oh, ah, a notebook. A big or a small one?' / Ee, daftar. Turied kabir aw sagrir?
'A big one' / Kabir, min fadliki
I didn't understand you very well.' / Are you Egyptian?' / Ma fehemt, ante min misr?
After three days of Tunisia, this conversations sums up a great deal about ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Ibn Khaldoun



