Archive for November 2025

Our second bite was to head south and meet the Chebbi family. They’re part of the reason we decided to visit Tunisia in the first place.  You see, Anzie was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia way back in ’72-’74.  For two years she taught English in a high school in the small town of…

Southern Tunisia: Living Underground and the Island of the Lotus Eaters Our third bite will be about how people live underground in Tunisia. Yes, we lived underground, too. But first, you need to get acclimated geographically. Tunisia lies on the coast of North Africa between Algeria and Libya. The northern two-thirds of the country is…

Anzie and I spent two weeks in Tunisia in May. Why Tunisia? It was a nostalgia trip. Anzie spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer there 30 years ago, 1972-74. She wanted to show me her Tunisia. We saw that plus a lot more, too much to give you all at once. One of…