Instead of looking out of the window, holding his nose in the wind, my gadget-loving husband pulls out his smartphone. Today is the most beautiful day, the weather is great, the sun shines for 8 hours!
Yes, dear friend, what is this supposed to tell us?
Beach, tranquillity, a chat, or a swing into history after all? Muslim high culture had it in Kaiouran, dromedaries right by the roadside. Well, a few more old Roman stones?
She nods. She doesn't have to drive. She gets back into our Felix, I crawl into the rear passenger seat and off we go to El Djem.
The sun is shining in the most beautiful afternoon light, Gerd squeezes our Felix through the narrowest streets thanks to the creativity of our sat nav (visitors-I-show-everything mode?) and already we are standing in front of the Unesco World Heritage Site El Djem (I have already written about it in detail here).
Our "chauffeur" leaves us alone, we get the last tickets for today for the usual 12 dinars. The gates close in an hour, so we have another hour in the evening light to ourselves. We climb the steps, stroll over the viewing terraces and disappear into the catacombs of the historic replica of Rome's Coloseum.
Again we are almost the only ones in the complex, again we are "overwhelmed" by the size of the building and its incomprehensible history. And besides, we can both spend hours together without getting bored.
Outside the now closing gates, our Felix is waiting with Gerd as the world's best chauffeur to drive us back to Sousse in the most beautiful sunset. There we treat ourselves to a quick look out of the hotel window (not bad, right?) and fall dead tired into our beds.
Maybe there will be sun again tomorrow.
Merci for "travelling with us
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