Our captain
alerted the passengers of additional security as we entered the Mediterranean
bound for Tunisia. In addition our
friend Glee an avid train buff had police walk with them from the port to the
train and on the train, as she led a group to Carthage using the train. We were
alerted to not visit the Souk as protests were scheduled. So off we go to Carthage.
Queen Dido, Phoenician, founded Carthage in 146 B.C. a metropolis of
thousands of people. The ruins today are just a small part of this UNESCO
Heritage site and now an upscale town of 35,000. See the plans and video to continue the
development of the site at marches-publics.gouv.fr. Romans conquered and
destroyed Carthage and salted the area so it could not support inhabitants. The
aqueducts and Roman wall are evident today, with a forum where Christians were
the entertainment. We visited the seaside village of Sidi Bov Said with white
and blue sugar cube homes. The African American cemetery has 2840 graves of
those that fought there in the offensive to set the stage to enter Europe from
the south.
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