From Sousse to Kairouan
Greetings from Tunis. We are back in the capital and leave Tunisia in 3 days. I am actually sad about that fact. We have met such warm, wonderful people, and had a great time. It is the people we'll miss the most.
Layla became really good friends with the manager of our hotel in Sousse, so the lady on our last day there brought Layla one of her childhood teddy bears to give Layla.
Anyway, from Sousse we went away from the seaside back to the interior, to Kairouan, the 4th holiest city in Islam. We stayed right outside of the medina. We had our worst nite so far on this trip, at that hotel.
That nite, we decided to sleep early so we could wake up early and take early morning pictures of the medina. Yeah right. First, it was quite warm, no AC, no FAN even!! The window opened to a noisy, noisy street with no breeze. It was so bad that at around 2 or 3 (who knows), Jammie and i just started laughing hysterically.
I mean, it was so hot, the cafe downstairs was full of macho men explaning their view on every subject, each yelling louder than the other; next door was a wedding party hall with a live band that blared music louder than a Metallica concert; BUT what made us laugh the most is when even the cats were meowing SO loud it woke me up, and the birds...there must have been about a thousand birds camping at the 2 trees outside of our hotel (note: not many trees in Kairouan) that were also adding their 2 cents. It was a cacophony that was beyond belief. We could have cried...we laughed.
Needless to say we skipped out of town the next morning. But before we left, we did see the medina, and i must say, Kairouan is really worth seeing. i was surprised. i thought it would be a fundementalist haven, but actually people there were very religious, but were not upset to find out i was Christian after welcoming me like a brother due to me being part Palestinian. I must say, Islam in Tunisia is a beautiful sort. They have taken the lessons of the religion, but have not taken it to extremes.
Anyway, the next day we headed to Kelibia in the far northeast tip of Tunisia. It is a lot like southern Italy (only 140 km from Sicily) we were told. Rolling hills with grape vines everywhere. Mountains in the distance, and a crystal blue sea on the other side.
We stayed one nite and then came today back to Tunis to regroup, rest and recharge before continuing our trip.
i wish i could thank every Tunisian we met and enjoyed in person once again. Such wonderful people EVERYWHERE!!
Tuesday we head for Paris, France. Until then...Maasalamah
Sami 09-10-05
P.S. Mom what are your flight details to Egypt?
Layla became really good friends with the manager of our hotel in Sousse, so the lady on our last day there brought Layla one of her childhood teddy bears to give Layla.
Anyway, from Sousse we went away from the seaside back to the interior, to Kairouan, the 4th holiest city in Islam. We stayed right outside of the medina. We had our worst nite so far on this trip, at that hotel.
That nite, we decided to sleep early so we could wake up early and take early morning pictures of the medina. Yeah right. First, it was quite warm, no AC, no FAN even!! The window opened to a noisy, noisy street with no breeze. It was so bad that at around 2 or 3 (who knows), Jammie and i just started laughing hysterically.
I mean, it was so hot, the cafe downstairs was full of macho men explaning their view on every subject, each yelling louder than the other; next door was a wedding party hall with a live band that blared music louder than a Metallica concert; BUT what made us laugh the most is when even the cats were meowing SO loud it woke me up, and the birds...there must have been about a thousand birds camping at the 2 trees outside of our hotel (note: not many trees in Kairouan) that were also adding their 2 cents. It was a cacophony that was beyond belief. We could have cried...we laughed.
Needless to say we skipped out of town the next morning. But before we left, we did see the medina, and i must say, Kairouan is really worth seeing. i was surprised. i thought it would be a fundementalist haven, but actually people there were very religious, but were not upset to find out i was Christian after welcoming me like a brother due to me being part Palestinian. I must say, Islam in Tunisia is a beautiful sort. They have taken the lessons of the religion, but have not taken it to extremes.
Anyway, the next day we headed to Kelibia in the far northeast tip of Tunisia. It is a lot like southern Italy (only 140 km from Sicily) we were told. Rolling hills with grape vines everywhere. Mountains in the distance, and a crystal blue sea on the other side.
We stayed one nite and then came today back to Tunis to regroup, rest and recharge before continuing our trip.
i wish i could thank every Tunisian we met and enjoyed in person once again. Such wonderful people EVERYWHERE!!
Tuesday we head for Paris, France. Until then...Maasalamah
Sami 09-10-05
P.S. Mom what are your flight details to Egypt?
posted by Sami at 11:03 AM
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Hi Sami, Jammie and Layla,
Wow, in just eight days I will be seeing you, God willing. I miss you all so much. Here is my itinerary:
I will be traveling by Air France via Paris on the 22nd of September, and will be arriving in Cairo the night of Friday, 23 Septebmer at 7:10 pm. My flight number is: AF028. I depart from Cairo at 12:55 AM (after midnight) on 30 September. That means I arrive few hours before you do, and depart few hours after you. What arrangements do you have from the airport to the hotel since you arrive in Cairo at a very odd hour? let me know if you need me to be there for you. Love...Mom
Wowie! I like the blog about the loud sounds and ya'll laughing about it..It made me laugh out loud reading it..one question..where are the damn pictures?! I really can't wait to see them and the areas you described...love and miss you all soo much
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