While in Hammamet we ventured off to Sibu El Said and also Carthage. It was a day filled with driving and awesomeness. Sibou El Said was even more the eternal Greek village with its winding alleyways and beautiful views of the sea and its just plain ridiculousness. The town is high on this hill so everything drops away when you are look at the ocean. All the buildings are painted this stark white and all the accents are bright blue. The doors here and in Hammamet as well are so fun. There are no boring doors here, I swear. They all are painted a fun color or decorated with studs and designed. I had quite the fun time taking pictures of all the doors, after all, it is one thing that they are famous for. The streets wind all over the place Another place I could stay forever, man, the amount of places that I could stay forever are mounting quickly. Carthage, by the way, is AMAZING! I stood there imagining being there when it was all actually built and functioning back in the Roman times. The sheer size of the whole thing is mind-blowing. Even among the ruins you feel like a tiny little ant, myself especially because I fee like that on some normal days when I stand next to someone over 6 feet tall. The ruins are right up against the water and there are some FANTASTIC views of the rest of the city and the ocean from the ruins. There are ruins scattered all over the place too, its not just one big plot of land; its about 9 big plots of land. When I say the ruins are HUGE, I mean it. Man, how cool it would have been to be there when it was in all of its glory. I can only imagine.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sid Bou Said and Carthage
While in Hammamet we ventured off to Sibu El Said and also Carthage. It was a day filled with driving and awesomeness. Sibou El Said was even more the eternal Greek village with its winding alleyways and beautiful views of the sea and its just plain ridiculousness. The town is high on this hill so everything drops away when you are look at the ocean. All the buildings are painted this stark white and all the accents are bright blue. The doors here and in Hammamet as well are so fun. There are no boring doors here, I swear. They all are painted a fun color or decorated with studs and designed. I had quite the fun time taking pictures of all the doors, after all, it is one thing that they are famous for. The streets wind all over the place Another place I could stay forever, man, the amount of places that I could stay forever are mounting quickly. Carthage, by the way, is AMAZING! I stood there imagining being there when it was all actually built and functioning back in the Roman times. The sheer size of the whole thing is mind-blowing. Even among the ruins you feel like a tiny little ant, myself especially because I fee like that on some normal days when I stand next to someone over 6 feet tall. The ruins are right up against the water and there are some FANTASTIC views of the rest of the city and the ocean from the ruins. There are ruins scattered all over the place too, its not just one big plot of land; its about 9 big plots of land. When I say the ruins are HUGE, I mean it. Man, how cool it would have been to be there when it was in all of its glory. I can only imagine.
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