We just found out at breakfast that our hotel was right on the beach.  Oops! However, in our defense, we were way too tired to do anything except nap the afternoon that we arrived and yesterday we were gone all day chasing Roman Ruins, so there was really no chance to go to the beach yet.  But we sure did rectify that situation right after breakfast. Nothing except naps and Roman Ruins can keep thetwinsontour away from the beach!

This may have been the softest sand I have ever sank my toes in. Just like velvet. It felt amazing! The water was a little chilly, yet refreshing on my feet. Of course, I only submerged my feet because it was 58 degrees outside, and my suitcase was already sent on to our next destination last night.  But what a great way to spend the morning! thetwinsontour never, ever pass up an opportunity to visit the beach. Tunisia is on the Mediterranean for those of you that haven’t Googled it yet, and you know who you are!

Next stop, Sidi Bou Said (which I probably spelled wrong, but I am currently on airplane mode), the blue city of Tunisia. It is all blue and white buildings similar to Santorini, Greece. It is really an Instagram paradise with all the blue doors and white buildings. Needless to say, we took millions of photos. At least we tried to, but there were a gazillion people in our way.  And the sun was intense! I tried to use the erase shadows function on my phone (Samsung users know what I mean), but there were so many shadows that my phone didn’t know what to do. 

Do you want to know the most tragic thing that happened to us today? We saw people walking around with giant (i.e. delicious) donuts, and we walked past the beignet shop that was frying them up fresh. I wanted one so bad, but we had just finished lunch, which included a giant serving of ice cream for dessert. I was so stuffed that there was no way I could eat a giant beignet. Amateurs, I know. I am sorry to disappoint you like that. 

We tried to do some quick shopping on the way to the bus. We had passed a place with thousands of beautiful magnets, but when he starts the price for the super fancy one at 45 Dinars (17 dollars) you know it is not going to go well at all.  We went down to smaller magnets which he agreed gave us “a very good price” of 45 Dinars for 3.  Obviously, we walked away with no magnets from that crazy man. And he did not even chase us down the sidewalk shouting lower prices like they usually do.  Luckily we found a spot with 2 Dinars, 3 Dinars, and 5 Dinars magnets, so we did not leave the blue city empty handed! There are 3.1 Dinars to the dollar. 

Next stop the airport.  Our flight was originally supposed to leave at 3pm, but it got pushed back to 6pm. Luckily we found out the day before rather than after we arrived at the airport.  This is why we had time to dip our toes in the Mediterranean this morning.  Of course, we are headed to a beach resort hotel on the Mediterranean, so we were supposed to do that this afternoon.  But it’s all good.  It’s just an hour flight on a fairly small regional airplane with 2×2 seats.  (side note, I smell cigarette smoke right now. Someone is smoking on this plane!)

The regional flights check in at a different desk in the back of the airport. Then you sit down and you wait. And you wait some more. The cigarette smoke smell oozes out of the smoking lounge so the whole waiting area smells like eau de cigarette. And it was also a million degrees.  They didn’t allow us to the gate until after 5:40 where we had to go through passport control. The good news is that they let you have water bottles! I think that is because it was a regional flight.   Then we stood around waiting some more. I kept seeing a bus drive by, but they never opened the gate. Finally they asked for rows 1-10 to come board (Row 2 baby!). We were at the back of the pack, which is actually a good thing when you are loading a bus. Last on, first off! And do you know what? The bus ride lasted less than a minute. The plane was only about 100 steps from the gate.  Yes, they totally made us get on a bus instead of walking to the plane. Our 6pm flight took off about 6:35, so we are now en route to Djerba, where our bus driver and luggage will meet us. Since it’s such a small plane, they bussed our luggage to Djerba instead of us all trying to check luggage. This was all a bit confusing at first, but then after experiencing this side of the airport, it all makes sense. 

We should be landing in about 20 minutes, so that’s all I’ve got for today.

Love,

thetwinsontour