Archives May 2022

On Sunday, May 22, we decided to do our first hike in Tunisia. Sona found out about a place 30 minutes from here: a coastal town called Hammen-Lif. All of us started hiking up the mountain, and Aiden was also fine, walking for around an hour. The views of the sea were spectacular; we even found a large tortoise that we took home and is now living in our backyard. For lunch, we went to La Marsa and found an Italian restaurant (La Bruschetta) where we had pizza and pasta. The meal was excellent, and finally, we went to Paul for coffee and pastries. Hot day but it was a new experience, and we plan on going back in the wintertime for longer hiking.

In April 2022, we all went to Texas for a short week-long vacation to Austin and Houston. Austin was the first stop and we had a long journey arriving there. First, a two-hour flight from Tunis to Frankfurt and then a 9-hour flight from Frankfurt to Houston. Arriving in Houston at 4 PM, we then had to navigate a rental car shuttle to pick up our car and then proceeded to drive 3 hours to Austin all while jetlagged and tired. I drank about 4 cups of coffee to stay awake but we did make it. For the next three days, we ate a lot of Taco Bell, saw a couple of parks, and took Aiden to the children’s museum. In addition, we saw one of the main attractions, which were bats who fly daily at Sunset from underneath a bridge to another area of the city. We found a good burger place and enjoyed the American breakfast at Hyatt Place. It was great to be back in America! Houston was next which was the wedding destination and it turned out well seeing our family and being there in person for Vishal’s wedding. Ajay and his family were there along with Mom-Pop, Arti-Suraj, and Sapna. A great time filled with nice memories! We’ll return in July for one month of home leave which should be awesome as well!