Just bought the ticket from Tel Aviv to Copenhagen late Juli. This means that I am ending my trip with a tour to the West bank. I need to go there and have the opportunity to ask questions. I am shure there is still stories that needs to be told - a messy body of memories, history, experiences, opinions, years, interpretations, conflicts. And I want to deconstruct it. Understand how the consciousness of this conflict is built. And maybe then I'll feel that I gave something significant back to those Palestinians from Jordan, my new freinds, who gave me their trust...
Travelling in the MENA region
05/19/2010
04/07/2010
Tunis - an Arab Paris!
Wauw! I was impressed of Tunis. I know it is a cliché, but I love Paris, and now I know that Tunis is a city I have to go back to. I was only very brief in Tunis on my way back to Amman from a meeting in Sfax, but during these few hours I felt in love again: Tunis is an Arab Paris!
In Tunis it is possible to get an espresso's and a croissant at one corner, and at another you can have a falafel or kebab. It is a wonderful mix of new and old - the heritage from the France colonization and the hustle and bustle of a modern Mediterranian city. In the center of Tunis we walked at the street "Habib Bourguiba", which has modern fashion shops along an avenue with carefully trimmed trees and sidewalk café's - just like Champs-Elysées. The Metro has not yet come to Tunis, but what is even better: They still have the tram!
Beyond the Cathedral looms the gateway to the ancient Medina - a perfect place to get lost! The sellers are freindly and with a little bargaining you can get especially leather or antique articles to very good prices.
