Morning at the Central Market (downtown Tunis)

 Pretty sure they were not selling Tampons

 Olives, peppers, cabbage salad, and many other goodies

 They go together like peas and pepper

 Snails!

 Buying fresh cherries!

 Almonds!

 Central Market

 Liam with a cherry all the locals gave him food (it was like Costco for Liam- free samples)

Fish market inside the central market

Sunday Afternoon Walk Around the Neighborhood!

 Been asked to take our garbage to a different location, not sure why but we will do as we have been told

 Small little market sells all the necessities.

 Neighborhood hardware shop, everything is stored behind the counter you just need to ask for what you want. Easy for most challenging for some (like the ones that don't know the language).

 Neighborhood meat market. Fresh sheep!

 Soccer on the sidewalk usually it is played in the street with a few more boys.

 Women going on a walk to collect what other people no longer want. Whatever she can find left on the street.

 Construction work, safety is oh so important.

Torched car, not sure why.

It is amazing what you can see on a Sunday walk around your neighborhood. On Sunday most of the shops are closed but there are still people out and about doing their thing.

"Fishing Trip" in the Med

The school put together a group fishing trip. There were 8 of us from the school that went on the trip. All but one of us were expats. The 8th person was Samy, who spells his name all different ways. He is the bus driver but he has other odds and ends jobs. One usually includes driving us expats around on the weekends when we go on different adventures. He went along this time because he actually really enjoys fishing. We left Sidi Bou Said marina, which is only about 10 minutes from our house, around 12:30. We spent the next six hours on the water. A little fishing happened. There were probably enough poles but only enough weights for about 4 of us to be fishing at a time. I fished a little, Simon fished a little more. A few of the other guys fished most of the time. There were very few fish. The few that we did bring on board would be perfect bait size to use on a real size fish. Couldn't be disappointed by the fish when we were on a beautiful 26 foot boat, 80 degree weather without a cloud in the sky, and beautiful "warm" water to swim in. The water is warm but still takes some time getting use to. We got back into the harbor about 6:30. Great day on the water, with great company!

 Sami, the captains son, and Philippe (French teacher)

 We fished around this point most of the day (Cap Bon)

 Hot Spring that comes down the hill and directly into the water. It is to hot to touch but heats up the water around it. The locals swim around the spring.

Simon and his nice big fishing rod!

 Randy (another "trailing spouse" who set up the fishing trip) and Simon

Suren (Secondary Science teacher)

 Sammy and the big fish he caught

 Phillippe and I enjoying the water!

 Simon after a swim (he had to jump in the water to save his "expensive" Alaskan fishing hat, which blew off, it would have been a tragedy to lose. (The driver wasn't able to drive close enough to hook it, which was one of many reasons to question is driving skills)

 Watching one of the big catches of the day. 3 inch fish. It was unknown what we were fishing for.

Phillipe's turn to fish!

The week with Dane

Day 1- Friday, April 27th

 Evening at the beach!

Day 2- Went to Hammamet for Sat. night
- spent time laying in the sun
- swimming in the Med
- playing Frisbee golf
- eating good food
- drinking good drinks

Salt water equals no camera- Sorry no pictures

Day 3- Woke up in Hammamet
- enjoyed a relaxing morning at the beach
- headed home
- stopped at Oudna on our way home

A Mosaic at Oudna

Spring in Tunisia

Aqueducts- use to go from Oudna to Carthage about 80 k

Day 4

- Dane spent the morning relaxing at our place when we went to work

- He met us for lunch

- Spent the afternoon as Simon's assistant (he took pictures of all the items that Simon was inventorying) what a fun afternoon

- Went to Dinner at Le Golf (nice restaurant on the water) with a group of people from work

Day 5

- Craig's birthday

- Spent the day at Dougga (great place to go especially when there are guests visiting) Kelli and Adam also had a guest visiting so eight of us took a trip to Dougga for the day. Beautiful weather! Most of us went home with pink chests and faces. 

Dane, Simon, Craig, Adam- our Studly guys!

Husky field!

Pondering at Dougga

Adam and Kelli, trusting something that was built in the 6th century BCE (Before Common Era)

Day 6

- Back to work for Simon and I

- Dane spent time touring down town with Julie (Kelli and Adam's friend)

- they went to the Bardo Museum (full of beautiful mosaics)

- they also went to the Medina (local downtown market)

- Tunisian dinner at Kelli and Adam's (there maid cooked us a wonderful meal)

Day 7

- Just me working!

- The boys spent the day touring the local Carthage history

- After school we went to see Sidi Bou Siad (The Blue City) gorgeous evening

- Dinner at the White Elephant ( Thai food pretty good for Thai food in Tunisia- we will be back)

 The view from Sidi Bou Said

 Blue and white- what other colors do you need?

Sidi Bou Said Marina

Dane's mouth got stuck wide open! He was afflicted with the rare anti lock jaw. He was lucky that it cleared up the next morning. 

Day 8

- Took advantage of the 85 degree day and went to the beach

- Drove to Raf Raf a town located on the North Coast (a little over an hour drive from home)

- Beautiful beach with no one else around (except for a few local guys cruising the beach- always interested in the expat attire-you would think they have never seen a bikini before (maybe they haven't)) 

- We also provided extra entertainment by playing Frisbee in the water

 What studs?

 Beautiful clear water, great place to go for a swim!

 Sorry for the 60's video, it looks like my video is struggling with color now. Looks like I need a new camera this summer. It does capture the frisbee being played in the Mediterranean though.

Simon always needs to have the best view, on the ground is just not enough.

Day 8

- Morning was spent playing ultimate frisbee

- Afternoon spent relaxing and packing

- Evening spent celebrating Cinco De Mayo 

You can celebrate Cinco De Mayo where ever you are!