Mediterranean Day Six

Day 6 – TUNIS

We got up way too early this morning and went to breakfast. As we were docking in Tunis I looked over the side of the ship and there were about 4 camels walking toward our ship with belly dancers and what looked like Roman legionnaires. So we finished our breakfast and went downstairs and met our group and headed out to our first trip to Africa. On the bus the local tour guide gave us a detailed description of Tunis and its history and Tom and I promptly fell asleep.

So we got to the Medina at Hammamat and we went into this fort that was built in the 1600s and it was interesting but the view from the top of the fort was spectacular. So we went down into the souk and went shopping and I don’t think I have ever been more uncomfortable in my life. Everybody we saw was either yelling at me to come into their establishment or touching me and I didn’t like it one bit. I found a scarf that I thought was very lovely so I wanted to buy it and he said 40 dinar and we said 20 dollars and then Tom began to bargain and at 15 dollars I said Sold and I am very sure that Tom could have gotten a better price had I just left him to do his stuff. Oh well but I just wanted to get out of there.

Then we went to the Berber village and we did belly dancing and writing in Arabic and we had the most delicious couscous I have ever had. Oh and they showed us the Berber bread which was so delicious but they put the bread on the side of the brick ovens to cook rather than in bread pans or other similar. They gave us a belly dancing sarong thingy and Tom got a turban thingy. We have plenty of blackmail material believe me. :)

So we finished there and we came back to the boat and we had dinner tonight at Palo which is the top restaurant for the Disney Cruise Lines and the food was delicious. I had lobster ravioli and the baked sea bass. Tom had shrimp salad and filet mignon with Bernaise sauce. Anybody want to come and cook for us full time? We are way spoiled now. And I had a chocolate soufflé and a lemon sorbet mixed with sparkling water for a digestif. Yum. So now it is 12:10 AM and we have to be back at the Animator’s Palate at 8:30 AM for Italy – for Naples to be specific. And tonight’s towel animal is either a dog or a rabbit. We will let you decide although tonight the general consensus is dog.