Jim, Jean, Jake, Abby, & Brett
New Year’s Eve was our fifth day in Tunisia, and the ladies all decided to go shopping in hopes of landing a good deal on glassware, pottery, jewlery, and plates. All the ladies went, including Abby and baby Isa.
Dorsey and I stayed behind with the rest of the kids: Jake, Brett, Lucas, and Noor. [...]
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December 31st 2008
After another slow start to our morning (are you sensing a trend yet?) we were invited over for a Tunisian dinner at Cheryl’s friend Basma’s house. Cheryl is the lady who is in the same program as Dorsey, but she’s been her for 18 months already.
Basma took Cheryl in when she first came to Tunisia, [...]
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December 30th 2008
Our third day, Monday December 29th, was my nephew Lucas’ 5th Birthday. Lucas wanted to go to the zoo for his birthday, so we loaded up into our two cars and drove about an hour south of Tunis to Friguia Park.
It was a great zoo, with plenty of predator cats (lions, tigers, cheetahs, jaguars, hyenas, [...]
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December 29th 2008
Coupling our jet lag with the late night of catching up, Sunday started off quite slowly. After a late breakfast (which really should be classified a brunch), we decided to head over to the US Embassy in Tunis to take the kids swimming for a couple of hours. The temperature was only in the mid [...]
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December 28th 2008
Our first day in Tunis (Saturday morning) had a bit of a lazy start to it. Everyone was in bed until at least 9am, with Jake and Abby asleep until almost noon. We had a big breakfast, and then we decided to take a drive over to Sidi Bou Said to walk around the market [...]
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December 27th 2008
We had Jean’s parents pick us up at the house for our flight to Tunis. Our flight was scheduled for 7pm, so we decided to head down to airport around 3pm. We weren’t sure what to expect for traffic and airport delays, but we decided to error on the side of caution. We figured things [...]
Filed under Tunisia Posted on December 26th 2008
After a couple of months away from the blog, I’ve come back to update with the latest news.
As most of you have heard, we are celebrating our Christmas in a unique fashion this year. My sister Erin has been living in Tunisia since June, and she will be there until the summer of 2010. My [...]
Filed under Christmas Posted on December 25th 2008
