Hello,
it is me again, Liesbeth! We arrived at Tunisia yesterday, at the national airport
of Tunis and at the same time capital of Tunisia. I would have written you
sooner, but we had a lot of delays. It was after midnight when we arrived at
our hotel. My first impression: the people here are so friendly and helpful!
Today, it is going to be rainy,
unfortunately. Lucky for us, we have a lot of activities planned today. In fact,
I have to get ready but I wanted to share my experiences
so far!
Did you
know that the official name of Tunisia is actually the “Tunisian Republic”? No?
Me neither! This country is the neighbouring country of Algeria and Libya. I
enclosed a map, so that it is easier to visualize the country. Tunisia has a
surface of 163.610 square kilometres and counts 1.6 million inhabitants. The
population is not equally divided; there live a lot of people in the larger
cities like Tunis and Sousse and less in the south.
I thought it would be nice and
interesting to spend my time by doing a little research at the airport in Algeria. The climate in the
north of Tunisia is hot; has mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers. In the
south of the country, you can find a piece of the large Sahara from which we
all know that it is hot during the day but very cold at night.
I was
curious after the average daily temperatures in Tunis, since we stayed there. I
could find a map where you can find some average temperatures during the year:
And of
course, I could not post my blog without giving you the weather forecast of
this week! You can find it below:
We are
expecting a thunderstorm today and some rain tomorrow, but after those two days
it is going to be very sunny!
Be sure,
when you go on holiday in Tunisia, visit the places that I am going to mention
now.
Visit
the cities Tunis, Sousse, Monastir, Hammamet
and Hurgada. Sousse is a city which has a harbour in the middle of the town
centre. I heard from our taxi driver that it really is worth visiting! The
other cities too, they each have their charm, beauty and activities!
I have
one last fact to mention. Did you know that some famous movies like “Star
Wars”, “Raiders of the lost Arc” and the “Gladiator” with Russel Crowe were
filmed in some places in Tunisia? If we had more time, I would like to visit
some of those places! But, unfortunately, we do not have much free time, just this weekend. I hope I could convince you to visit this beautiful country. And if not, I am sure that my colleagues
can convince you! They are going to give you much more information about the
culture, buildings and economy of this country.
Sources:
Three
relevant real-life examples:
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