Tunisia 2009 - Day Two

11.58 am  Now this is more like it!  Out by the pool on a sun lounger drinking.  Okay, it's coffee, but that's beside the point.  David is already ready for another beer (but of course the first was consumed only after the sun had gone over the yard arm at 11.00 am, he has standards after all), and it's my turn to fetch the next round.

We met with the Thomas Cook rep this morning, and we've actually signed up for a day trip to Carthage and Tunis to see Roman ruins, etc.  We've never done a day trip on holiday before, but David knows my passion for history and has been saying that I should take the chance to see the Roman ruins and all that while we're here.

There are three fabulous British couples beside us at the pool.  They are quite a bit older than us, but they're very funny and friendly, and they sound very posh.  The gin and tonic crowd, so to speak.  In fact, that's what a couple of them are drinking.  The man next to me has been turning their sun loungers around to face the sun, but the pool guy isn't very impressed!  He told them that if they want to face that direction, they need to go sit on the other side of the pool.  The fact that there are only a few loungers over there, and none of them are available, is a mere detail.


6.03 pm  Oh my goodness, one gin and tonic and I ended up on a stage belly dancing with a man in a speedo, sparkly skirt and bra!  David grabbed the camera and now has a video that he's threatening to post on You Tube!  I reminded him that I have taken pictures of him poolside in the past that I have not made public, so we'll see if he shows the same courtesy.

We had a bit of a rain shower this evening and could see a beautiful rainbow out at sea from our balcony.  Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a picture, just like I missed photographing a group of foals on the beach.


10.10 pm  We went to the hotel's Tunisian restaurant tonight for our evening meal, and I ate so much I feel sick!  I had to try things though, and with a salad, soup, brik (a sort of deep fried egg), main course of chicken and cous cous and fruit, my stomach feels like exploding.

David pointed out a woman in the restaurant who has eyes he thought resembled a character out of Doctor Who, only he couldn't think of which character.  I thought she looked like Cassandra, the "Last Human".  Only in the eyes though.  The rest of her definitely wasn't paper thin.

We really haven't done anything particularly noteworthy today.  We haven't left the hotel except for a brief excursion down the road for David to buy cigarettes last night.