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Visiting “Les Vignerons de Carthage” (UCCV)

Saturday, December 8th, 2012

Together with the Tunisian Wine Tasting Club we visited the winery of “Les Vignerons de Carthage” in Mégrine today. We tasted some of their fabulous wines in a very unique location in Tunisia, a real wine cave.

TWTC Excursion: Les Vignerons de Carthage (UCCV) de Megrine

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Tanks West of Hammamet

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

On one of my offroad trips I found some old tanks standing peacefully on a hill a few kilometres west of Hammamet. At closer inspection the whole area seemed to be an old shooting terrain of the Tunisian army. The tanks are also the main tourist attractions on quad trips from Hammamet.

Old Tanks

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Douiret and the Ksour

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

In March we hit the road down south to Douiret, a little village near Tataouine. In Douiret we stayed in a nice Troglodyte Hotel “Hotel Résidence Douiret” in the old town. The following days we made several excursions to Chenini and the Ksour in the area.  On our way home we stayed one night in Houmt Souk on Djerba to also visit some of the spots which appeared in the Star Wars movies.

There is still some light!

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Visit to Sid Bou Said with Photography Class

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The first outdoor session of my photography classes was held in the lovely village of Sidi Bou Said. These are some of the pictures I took during the session while the participants went off to capture their assignment .

A sunny Saturday in March in Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia

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Heavy Snow Fall in Jendouba Governorate, Tunisia

Monday, March 5th, 2012

The region around Ain Draham, Jendouba Governorate, saw heavy snow fall in February of this year. The region gets snow almost every year, but usually only a few centimetres. This year it was extreme with up to a meter of snow in some regions. Later the region experienced heavy rainfall and together with the melting snow it had to endure flooding and landslides cutting several villages off for days. The inhabitants of the region received a lot of emergency aid from the government but also from Tunisians who drove in convoys to the region to distribute warm clothes, blankets and food.

On a Sunday a Tunisian friend accompanied me to this town in the hills of Northwestern Tunisia. These are some of the pictures of of our trip.

near Ain Draham in February 2012

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