Thoughts on Tunisia

 Thoughts on Tunisia

September 27- Oct 14, 2025

• there is a lo to of plastic waste in the streets.  I didn't see other forms of trash, just lots and lots of plastic bottle an trash bags.
• the beer selection was slim. 
• As hard as I tired, I couldn't find a brewery.
• The people are lovely.
• I know nothing about Tunisia's history.
• I never realized how much of a part they played in WWII.
• Visiting the WWII cemeteries were filled with sadness and wasted potential.
• The cemeteries felt lonely as if no one ever comes her to pay their respect, other then tourists.
• The food was great.
• I have now seen enough mosques for my lifetime.
• My tour guide was great.
• The Tunisians are masters in the art of mosaics.
• Most of the cars seemed to be Peugeots, Renaults and BMWs. But they all looked like old cars.
• Every day, the sky was so damn blue.
• Their skies are as vast as the skies in Montana.
• It was hot most days and some days were really hot.
• I didn't take the camel ride through the desert. I have already done this in Morocco and other places. There is no need to engage in risky behaviors.
• The flies were annoying, every single day
• I only went swimming once. And the pool was lovely.
• I had a hamman treatment for $43 and it was money well spent.
• The coffee was hit or miss.
• I bought a felt hat. It's a men's hat. It's more of a cap. I wonder if I will wear it.
• I lived our accommodations in the tree house.
• I loved out accommodations in the Sahara desert.
• I loved our accommodations at Dar Said Hotel.
• Our first hotel was our home for 5 days and I enjoyed being so familiar with this place.
• I didn't get car sick even though we took long bus drives. I did have a moment where I thought I might lose it while we were driving up and down the dunes in the Sahara.
• The ruins were magnificent.
• It humbled me to meet a man who makes bricks 7 days a week, for 10-12 hours a day and only sell each brick for 3 cents. The world is just too unfair.
• Our dinner at a host family was enjoyable. But the host really wanted to talk to us about the USA rather than we spend time finding out about their country and culture.
• The coffee shops were filled with lots of men and very few women. And the women seemed to be tourists only.
• A young woman spoke to us about the national policies on women and Tunisia is further ahead of us on this important issue.
• Our hotel in Said was too difficult for me. It's located at the top of the town in an alleyway with all slippery cobblestones.