I’m still hung-up on alliterative titles, as you can see. Typing these recaps now that I’ve returned home, as so much of our “down time” on the trip was while in the van driving from place to place, and I’m too prone to motion sickness to allow for writing while in a vehicle. I did Keep reading
Amazing Amazigh Villages: June 2024
Tracy,
Lovely morning in the Tataouine region. Off for a full day of exploring. First stop is Ksar Ouled Soltane. Built by the Amazigh people in the 15th century, it’s another fantastic example of their granary storage buildings. Always at the tops of mountains or cliffs (for good defense), with pleasing rounded windows and doors, and lovely Keep reading
Djerba Island, and Dinosaurs on Tataouine. June 2024
Tracy,
(firstly, if you’re seeing this post without pictures, check back in a day or two. Uploading images without WiFi is tricky, so that may need to wait. The featured image was sunset over our hotel in Tataouine As I’m currently updating this, under a beach umbrella after having dipped my toes in the Mediterranean. Pretty Keep reading
Visual Gems in El Jem and Djerba: May 2024
Tracy,
Next we were off to visit El Jem. I hadn’t done any research about this ahead of time, so it was a real surprise. The bonus of a tour is that someone else is in charge of the itinerary ahead of time. And it also meant I didn’t want to do too much research in Keep reading
Mosaics, Mosques, and Monkeys: May 2024
Tracy,
okay, that title is a bit of a stretch, but I enjoy the alliteration, so that’s what you get! *Laughs* but we did indeed see all of those things for our next two days in Tunisia (editor’s note: monkeys may have been of the plush variety). Next we headed off to Sousse, a busy port Keep reading
Carthage Explorations (no elephant sightings): May 2024.
Tracy,
Okay, heading off to Carthage, which i’d mistakenly thought was just one big ruins site. Instead, because it was such a giant city back in the day, it is many many different excavated sites scattered throughout the modern Carthage neighborhood. And because we did some of our scheduled Tunis sight seeing yesterday, we were able Keep reading