Tunisia

We had a much better day today. We had what we called a “Millie day” which was an offering yesterday when she was having a tough time. The premise is that it’s her day and she gets to choose what we do (within reason). She woke me up this morning by whispering “it’s my day…

After our hotel buffet breakfast we headed back up to the room to get ready for our outing to El Jem. El Jem is yet another Roman ruin and the second largest amphitheater after the coliseum. Nick rented a cute little Fiat for one day. Millie did NOT want to go. If I’m being honest,…

I woke up this morning still feverish and feeling bad. Nick and Millie went to the breakfast buffet while I rested. Then he dropped her off at the Kids’ Club for a couple of hours. She was excited to go but left dejected—she said it was boring and there weren’t any other kids there. We…

Pretty crappy day today. They can’t all be knockouts, right? I woke up at 5AM with a splitting headache and very nauseous. Visions of the overly-mayonnaised street chapati flashing before my eyes. It felt like a terrible hangover, except that I hadn’t had a drink. Nick took Millie to breakfast while I lay in bed…

Another delicious breakfast at our bed and breakfast: hazelnut pudding, eggs with Tunisian cheese and dried peppers, fresh bread, lemon cake, strawberry smoothie, strong coffee. No chocolate bowl today. From here we walked to the area that we have now learned is best to get a taxi from. We hopped into one and started the…

I stayed up late last night reading all about the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bardo museum, which is a chill thing to do the day before a planned visit to the Bardo museum. We woke up and had another great breakfast. Millie once again got her bowl of chocolate though this morning we put…

We had a bad night’s sleep due to various noises: men fighting (?), cats fighting (?), mopeds, and calls to prayer. All things that would have been charming ambiance if we weren’t trying to sleep. Millie was up at 6 due to the one hour time difference. We’ve been amazed at how dialed in her…

Today was the day I was anticipating to feel like the “real” start of our trip, since it was our first flight since leaving home and our first time in a new-to-us country. We had a lazy morning packing up our Airbnb for the 10am checkout time. Our flight was at 4 which made for…