Flight to Tunisia
24-25 October 2008- Friday and Saturday
This was another OAT airline routing- I think they use a dart board. Cincinnati to Atlanta on Delta leaving 10.30 am arriving 11.57am and then Alitalia 767 to Rome leaving 4:35pm arriving the next morning at 8:30am, and Rome to Tunis on Alitalia DC9 leaving 9:40am and arriving 11am. So that's basically 2 days of the trip shot.
Flight unremarkable except it took a long time to get dinner. Between my neck pillow and an Ambien got a couple of hours sleep, but was ready for a nap in Tunis. Met by our guide Mohamed (most males are Mohamed). That's always hurdle number one- luggage retrieval and hooking up with the guide. Then a 40 minute drive to Hotel Africa situated on the main street of Tunis- Avenue Bourguiba named for the the man who got independence from France ( after being jailed a couple of times) in 1956. He ruled until 1987 when he was deposed (and was a little senile) by a Mr Ben Ali who continues to rule. The day of the coup was on 7 Nov so there will be a big celebration and fortunately that's the day I leave.
When we first assemble in the evening we usually introduce ourselves to the group and then have a briefing. Mohamed skipped that to give us a day by day rundown of our itinerary and a description of our optional tours rating them from one on down and actually told us to skip the tour to Gabes and the Mareth Line (a defensive position built by the French to halt the Afrika Korps in southern Tunisia that fell anyway). He said there wasn't much to see and besides it was the most expensive optional.
Dinner was a at the hotel with Brenda (Pacific Palisades) and Suzanne (Lake Tahoe). It was an extensive Buffet with lots of French selections especially the desserts and a 2nd story view of the bustling Avenue Bourgiba below.
The French colonials made it into a small Champs Elysee's.
This was another OAT airline routing- I think they use a dart board. Cincinnati to Atlanta on Delta leaving 10.30 am arriving 11.57am and then Alitalia 767 to Rome leaving 4:35pm arriving the next morning at 8:30am, and Rome to Tunis on Alitalia DC9 leaving 9:40am and arriving 11am. So that's basically 2 days of the trip shot.
Flight unremarkable except it took a long time to get dinner. Between my neck pillow and an Ambien got a couple of hours sleep, but was ready for a nap in Tunis. Met by our guide Mohamed (most males are Mohamed). That's always hurdle number one- luggage retrieval and hooking up with the guide. Then a 40 minute drive to Hotel Africa situated on the main street of Tunis- Avenue Bourguiba named for the the man who got independence from France ( after being jailed a couple of times) in 1956. He ruled until 1987 when he was deposed (and was a little senile) by a Mr Ben Ali who continues to rule. The day of the coup was on 7 Nov so there will be a big celebration and fortunately that's the day I leave.
When we first assemble in the evening we usually introduce ourselves to the group and then have a briefing. Mohamed skipped that to give us a day by day rundown of our itinerary and a description of our optional tours rating them from one on down and actually told us to skip the tour to Gabes and the Mareth Line (a defensive position built by the French to halt the Afrika Korps in southern Tunisia that fell anyway). He said there wasn't much to see and besides it was the most expensive optional.
Dinner was a at the hotel with Brenda (Pacific Palisades) and Suzanne (Lake Tahoe). It was an extensive Buffet with lots of French selections especially the desserts and a 2nd story view of the bustling Avenue Bourgiba below.
The French colonials made it into a small Champs Elysee's.
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