I'm back. I'll try to update more often now.

But I've been busy with work and travel- with just enough time to relax. I feel pretty comfortable in my new home. Sometimes I feel like I've been here forever and other times it amazes me that I've been here for a month and a half. I guess I'll divide these posts up into sections.

Carthage

So most of you know what Carthage was- Hannibal's base, eventually taken over by the Romans. It surprised me what it is now. Its really a nice town full of retired old folk and lush greenery. And dispersed in between nice houses and foreign embassies is... basically some really old stuff. We were able to walk to most of the sites. But since we tried to take shortcuts everywhere, we usually ended up in people's backyards. So what did we see? The acropolis which overlooks the city was pretty cool. They also have a small museum at the top with a lot of mosaics and ... old stuff. Then we checked out a Roman theater. They had a recent festival there so the Tunisians have basically completely rebuilt it. I wanted to go the music festival and didn't think i could afford it- 20 dinars is like two weeks of food. But guess who came- the Temptations and the Commodores. How random is that? Then we checked out the Roman Villas. Pretty cool although you can't really ascertain what a lot of it is since its so old. But its more fun to pretend what things used to be anyway and use your imagination. The best part about Carthage in my opinion is the Antoine Baths. Those are the pictures below with big pillars still intact. The place was huge. There are still a few places I haven't seen but will definitely check out later. Carthage is about a 20 minute train ride from where I live so I'm sure this won't be my last trip to it.