Archives October 2021

The first leg of our Fall Break 2021 trip in Tunisia was Kairouan. We decided this would be just a pass-through on the way to our first overnight destination in Mahdia. On the way, we went through all types of towns barbequing sheep, selling tires, and other unique items. We arrived in Kairouan and found a decent parking spot next to the main attraction — the Grand Mosque! We toured the mosque for an hour and took some pictures before going onwards to Mahdia. We also went through the old Medina of Kairouan but mainly everything was closed. It’s kind of a maze inside so we had to ask a local how to exit and fortunately she guided us out back to our car. Overall, it was a worthwhile stop but probably won’t be going back.

The first leg of our fall break trip of October 2021 was a day trip to Utica and Raf Raf. We started early for Utica from Tunis and reached there in 1 hour. We toured the Utica ruins and met up with Aiden’s school friend, Elena. She was there with her family and we talked for 10-15 minutes. Aiden had fun walking around and even taking nice pictures with our DSLR camera. After 90 minutes of touring Utica, we went to Raf Raf which was another hour away. We parked right next to the beach and walked to a cafe to relax while Aiden was playing games with the waves which were quite strong. Very clean beach with not too many tourists at all since it’s no longer peak season. We spent 1 hour at Raf Raf and then headed back to Tunis. A nice day trip seeing the ruins and a cool beach.