Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Fun Road Trip with Oregonians part 2

 

After a four day excursion to the South, my friends and I spent a day in the Capital and then said our goodbyes.

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We went to numerous ancient ruins in Carthage where our guide explained the Phoenician, Berber, and Roman history.

DSC_7514 (854x1280)We went to a U.S. cemetery in Tunis. There are over two-thousand graves of soldiers who their lives in World War II in military activities ranging from North Africa to the Persian Gulf.  

DSC_7521 (854x1280) DSC_7568 (1280x824)DSC_7588 (1280x854)We went to the famous blue and white city called Sidi Bou Said and did some last minute shopping.

DSC_7593 (1280x852)We said our goodbyes and I headed back to Sousse. About the time they should have been arriving back in Portland I found out that they were still in Tunis. Their airline had gone on strike. Instead of making it home in twenty-four hours it took them about seventy-two hours to get home. They made the best of it though!

It was so much fun to have them visit!

Sunday, October 26, 2014