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Nabeul, but not Hammamet

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  Our marina wifi stopped working Monday morning.  I’m sending this from the small café here at the marina which has a different wifi source.  I went to the marina office today and the woman behind the desk seemed unaware of the …

Tunisia Odds and Ends

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  I can now remember how to spell Alcaidesa without having to look it up each time.  And this is the final email about Tunisia so I’m almost caught up!
The slip next to us  seems to be reserved for boats needing to be here a night…

The Bardo Museum in Tunis and wild tangents……

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   I’ve made myself a little crazy writing up our visit to The Bardo.  Another one of those wild tangent emails that is interesting to me so hopefully doesn’t bore you to tears.  It really is quite interesting reading abou…

Gibraltar 2

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   Sundays shops are closed here in La Linea so we’re having a quiet day on the boat…catching up with these emails, defrosting the frig, washing the bedding, fixing the running lights, polishing the fuel, repairing the helm chair……

Gibraltar 1

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  We left early this morning for a visit with Sue and Ed in Gibraltar.  As a break from Tunisian mosaics I thought I’d write a bit about Gibraltar and then when I’ve more photos I’ll write about La Linea.
And eventually I’ll cat…

Tunisia 3 Belgacem Abderrazak Mosaic artist of Eljem

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   Travelling west as we have been doing you’re never quite sure what time it is.  On our final full day of sailing I looked up to see the sun directly overhead but our clock said 3  PM.  When we arrived in La Linea we …

Tunisia 2

Same date, place etc…Ru
Tunisia # 2

Both the lady in orange and the man in green were taking photos with their tablet.

Down one level

Looking up from below and waiting to get eaten by a lion. 
The Romans may have given us much go…

Licata Part 2 Sunday morning walk with Linda

Asalama,
  Ramadan began yesterday evening at sundown.  •"Kul ‘am wa enta bi-khair!"  ("May every year find you in good health!")
We are getting everything ship shape and it seems we’ll be aiming for Spain just…

Licata # 1

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   Randal and I finished our very limited road tripping around Tunisia today and I think we are a bit “tripped out.”   Where once we might have fought the traffic and confusion and hawkers, yesterday and today we jus…

Palermo horses, graffiti, and this and that finale.

Bonsoir,
  I spent a good deal of the past two days speaking French.  The problem is that though I studied it for years, my vocabulary is miniscule so it only worked but so well and then fell to pieces just at the important parts.  Randa…