Good Tempo
Finally the trappings of a real life are starting to emerge here in Tunisia. Now we have ordered furniture custom built by a local carpenter, Loren has produced three canvases and is working on tiled mosaic coffee table, I have a lap-top that can be used at home and at work, we take Arabic classes on Tuesday evenings, we workout every morning with the Ambassador from Oman, and I will be starting violin lessons with a locally celebrated musician at no cost because his wife works with me.Ah, routine! Nothing like it really. We have coffee first thing, and then trek 20 minutes to the gym "Energym". We workout listening to Arabic chanting or (today, for example) english interpretations of the koran (for our benefit). Breakfast consists of yogurt, fresh oranges and milk, and if we have time a cappuccino. Then it's off to work on strategic plans, annual reports and international funders and microfinance networks. Lunch is always something Tunisian and spicy with bottled water and oranges for dessert. After work it's simple dinners, cleaning, artwork, writing and books; unless we have arabic or violin lessons.
Sometimes it feels a little packed, and buying groceries and doing laundry never took so much time before. Days are full now, but there's a tempo to them. And now we have enough friends to go for coffee a couple of times each week with different people.
We're darned close to settled. Now if only we had a real bathtub.
posted by tiaraletourneau @ 3:22 p.m.
1 Comments:
Hi Tiara,
That's fanTASTic that you've found a violin teacher! Good for you. You only had to move halfway around the world!:o)Keep us posted as to how that goes for you.....I'd be curious as to his background and what kinds of music he instructs you in....
What is the availability of strings, sheet music, and such there? There's (oops, sorry Nathan - there are) a couple of really good websites for downloading sheet music at no/low cost - I'll look up the links and get them off to you....
love and hugs
sue
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