New friends and new insights...
Well, what can I say, it wasn't exactly the warmest weekend to havespent at Hammamet, but it was a quiet weekend that we got to spend on
our own... We spoke English, revelled in the foreign/familiar sound
of our mother tongue, and wandered the many kilometers long sandy
beach of this "zone touristique"
Mediterranean Sea.
Before I continue, I need to be off soon as the dinner preparations
are well underway, so pardon the brief word-bites...
Little things are starting to sort themselves out. We will be moving
into a place shortly - a two bedroom furnished apartment in a
Bourgeois district (ie they gots money and they aren't particularly
fussy about observing Muslim practices - which for two non-muslims
intent on avoiding insult is a good thing) for around 250 Dinars a
month (roughly 250 canadian dollars).
I discovered with some delight that guns are outlawed except for
police and the military; also the police are everywhere (roughly 1
officer for every hundred citizens) so if this place were western we'd
be pretty safe. As it's Arab-Muslim, we're safer. The biggest risk
we run on a day to day basis is being pick-pocketed or insulted
verbally:no being dragged down a dark alley never to resurface... of
which I'll admit I was somewhat concerned when I saw where Tiara was
going to be working. Not a particularly Bourgeois district. In the
slightest.
But I have to be briefer. We have met a fantastic couple, Slim and
Wifak, who have taken us in while we searched for a place and now wait
for it to be ready and who have answered every silly or politically
charged or religiously charged question that we threw at them without
batting an eye. They've also shown us around the new district to help
us find the basics for living - food, housewares, incredible hot
chocolate. More to come, but dinner bekons...
posted by Loren @ 8:33 p.m.
1 Comments:
Glad to hear about your furnished apartment and the location! I look forward to seeing pictures up and on the web! Are you both healthy, and getting enough to eat? When does Tiara start work?
Love you lots,
Mom and Dad
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