Olive trees and other crops look brown and wilted everywhere we travel. Our group visited Medina, or rather, the old town of Tunis. Shops are crowded on both sides of a winding alley for blocks and blocks. Everything from jewelry to fruit and bridal gear is displayed, and merchants try to get your attention in numerous languages. Tunisia has a different concept of time.
Lunch routinely takes two or more hours.
A dinner party scheduled to start at 8 p.m. won't see the main courses come until after 10 p.m. This becomes more evident in summer, when the middle of the day is too hot to work. People stay at home to wait for the cool of the night for activities. Other members of our group have visited areas related to their field. Lonnie Matthews spent time at a school for the disabled.