"Welcome to us! Please drive so that you can get on first! Then you won't have to wait so long at customs!"
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"Can we stand here overnight?"
"Yes, of course. We also watch over night for your safety!"
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"How much is the cat food?"
"For street cats? Oh, wait, I'll fill you up with something from the giant bag, it'll be cheaper!"
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"Can we fill up some water here?" "Yes, of course. Wait, I'll get the hose!"
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"Are we allowed to use the internet here in the restaurant?" "Actually, yes, but it's broken right now. But wait!"
The waiter leaves, comes back and puts his private smartphone on our table for the whole evening, gives us a hotspot and disappears again.
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We are sitting in a restaurant, Brazil is playing against Cameroon on the TV. We notice that Gerd is blinking on his mobile phone for the Switzerland-Serbia game. Suddenly there is a click and all the TVs in the restaurant are switched to the Switzerland game.
"Congratulations!" they shout to us at the end of the game. (As we now know, it still wasn't quite enough, but at the moment of our experience we could enjoy it doubly).
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At the campsite we ask for a taxi. "Wait a minute, I'll take you into town quickly."
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"We'd like two tiramisu!"
"They're huge, don't you want to share one first?"
"Yes, but which one should we take?"
"Oh, I'll make you a mixture of both, then you'll have a bit of both!"
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We stand at the harbour, talk to the fishermen. "If you want tomorrow, we'll take you fishing!"
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And then again and again: the open, friendly and warm smile combined with "Welcome to Tunisia!" or "Bienvenue chez nous".
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Collective taxi. Several families are already crowding inside, but they stop and give us a lift. The girls smile mischievously, the boys are much too cool for that. When we get out and want to pay, they say: "Welcome to our home! We'll pay for you!"
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"Sit down with us! May we invite you for a coffee?"
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"If you like pomegranates so much, I'll bring you some tomorrow!"
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We are standing in the crowd at the Sahara Festival with a view of the action. As a matter of course, I am let in. "Welcome to our festival, I hope you can see better in the front".
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"There are boxes of already harvested dates back there. Please take as many as you want. I can't sell them, they are a bit too small. But they are in very good quality!" That we are now lying in bed rubbing our bulging date bellies? A matter of honour.
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We sit around the Christmas campfire and all the Overlanders tell stories, a few enrich the round with jokes and there is date tea, date balls, Christmas biscuits from home. Everyone enriches the round in a different way.
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Thank you for giving us sooo many gifts. Thank you, you friendly Tunisia!
At the beginning of our trip to Tunisia, I had a meagre picture of all-inclusive hotels and long sandy beaches, but in the meantime the picture has been expanded and enriched by stories, nature and above all the many, without exception, friendly people!
Just now, as I'm writing, it occurs to me: This is "pure life", isn't it?
Merci for "travelling with us
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