Check up day

 

So yesterday I had to go back to the hospital for a check up, taken by Hichem the taxi driver, in his nose breaking taxi. give him his due, he open the door and held it for me, I realised how quickly it closed if he didn't which is really scary, children could have lost fingers!

Anyhoo, had an x-ray ( yes I may well be radioactive by now) had  a doctor look up my nose which has internal bruising! and then told all looked good. Skipped out of the hospital, giving an elderly gent who was shuffling along the pavement a cheery 'asleema' only for him to stop and just have a pee straight in front of me. 

Can I ever just have a 'normal' holiday?????

I then got Hichem to drop me at the local shops and had a wander around the Palms Centre.

I exited with 3 full bags, lots of pressies ( sorry mainly for me) and all for the princely sum of 43 DT, less than the price of a 'genuine stainless steel corkscrew' in Port El Kantaoui.

Now I just have to get them home  in one piece.

Walking back to the hotel I saw remnants of the old Sousse, knarled old olive trees that hadn't been ripped up to build new holiday complexes. This road I knew well, before it became a triple carriageway, I walked it many times when it was just an ordinary road, No shops, only a smattering of small hotels and nowhere near as many cars. However modernity moves everything on.

The day had started out cloudy, windy and overcast, but by noon it was still windy but the sun was out, the  deceptive weather that  burns you, so having coated myself in factor 99 I headed down to the beach for some sunning and sleeping ( I had missed the call to fitness thank goodness). I managed to get a good hour ad then decided it was too 'burny' outside and went in to the bar for cocktails ( well come on, what else did you think I'd do)

I had planned to get the train up  to Tunis at some time on this holiday, however there is some civil unrest at the moment in some areas ( the city being one)so I decided to shelve that plan. To be honest just being around Hammam Sousse and Port El Kantaoui has been good.

I wandered through the grounds  of the hotel,

I love the flora of the Mediterranean countries always great to see, Jasmine was always the scent that I associated with Tunisia as the jasmine sellers would come round the hotels in the evening, again something that seems to have died out.

I managed a siesta  and then went for dinner, its been a bit of a none adventure day which was good considering what this week has been like, 

The remainder of the evening was me tasting various wines and watching some really good TV.

And today is my last day, so I need to fill it appropriately.

Happy Friday

Please don't  worry I didn't buy any of this soap to bring home as gifts........although I was tempted!!