MY CORONA ARMCHAIR TRAVELS - SBEITA, TUNESIA

During my roundtrip through Tunesia we also stopped in Sbeita.

Sbeitla is a small town in the central west region of Tunisia, 250km from Tunis. It is known for its remarkable Roman site and its Capitol, made up of not one but three temples, dedicated to Minerva, Jupiter and Juno, the gods who protected Rome.

It was amazing how the three temples were still so well preserved. It was only discovered between 1906 and 1922.  Here are some pictures I took during our stop at the temples and around.

These are the three temples

and the ruins around

We also visited a villa with very beautiful mosaics

The bedroom

and visitors from everywhere. We had to take our shoes off and when we came back we only found one shoe ! Some people got furious and accused people to have stolen one shoe (??) until our guide came laughing with the second ones ! Then everybody laughed !

Of course we also had stop and listen for the X time how carpets are made and we should buy one. All credit cards were accepted and they would send the carpet over where you lived. Indeed it was a serious business because the carpets arrived ! 

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AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND OCTOBER 11

 

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WEEKEND

What a strange season ! Not only weatherwise but also the increasing presence of the Coronavirus  ! Everybody fears that we will have a second lockdown or at least important restrictions. He the Corona must love us very much because he insists to stay in our world instead of taking the shuttle and go to the moon !

Our little group is still reduced, and  finally Nicole and I went to our Dolce Vita Restaurant. We didn't regret it, the lunch was extremely good. It was a big piece of fish with lots of vegetables around. 

We were really lucky because the sun was shining for once and we could sit outside under the palm trees in the sun. It was almost like holidays.

Besides me was a stub of a tree on which grew an enormous mushroom ! It didn't look very appetising ! Then we spent the afternoon on my computer looking for a nice wig for Nicole who slowly looses her hairs. We found a real nice one, looking exactly like her own hair. And as they were so cheap I also ordered one for me in case I had to go out and no time to wash my hair !

Sunday was again the same sad and dark weather. Mr. G. didn't care because he had his Formular 1. I escaped and Nicole and M. went to the Lunch Garden, so nobody had too cook !  I took a plate with me for Mr. G. as supper.  Nicole's cousin joined us and had a coffee. He prefers eating in the  evening. 

And another weekend went by. Sadly we won't see our son and grandson so soon as the situation in the Netherlands has become worse too.