A 2 day impression of Tunisia I flew for the weekend to Tunisia ( Tunicia ) to get away from the cold in Europe and hoping to ease away the depression. Above: view from the fort in Hammamet Tunisia is not a country that has lots to see in a concentrated area, so sunshine and warm weather was what I was counting on the most. Yet, I got there and it was freezing cold and raining. It rained and was cold almost the entire weekend with the exception of couple of hours Sunday morning. So I am quite disappointed. Sousse Medina at night It is a bit more orderly than Egypt and a bit cleaner than Morocco. However the tourist brochures over exaggerate what there is to see. Carthage ruins are in terrible shape. They are almost not worth seeing. Unfortunately the brochures mix images of those ruins with images from the coliseum in El Jem which is a completely different city 4 hours away, giving the impression that they are all in the same place. A train stop later was Sidi Bou Said wh...
