{"id":16,"date":"2011-02-01T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=16"},"modified":"2015-08-07T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T10:22:43","slug":"tunis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Tunis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sana kindly dropped me off near the city center in the morning, and I spent the day strolling around the medina, the ancient quarter with narrow streets and pathways, filled with stalls and shops and salon de th\u00e9&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Again, there&#8217;s no police anywhere, and also no tourists. Met a guy called Kamel who speaks German and showed me around for a bit and introduced me to lablabi, a traditional Tunisian chickpea soup. All the time I was worried he&#8217;d turn around and demand some money for his &#8216;services&#8217; or otherwise try to lure me into buying something from some relative&#8217;s shop. However, he was just genuinely friendly, interested and happy to practice his German.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container \" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0019.jpg\" title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" data-rl_title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0019-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In Tunis&#039; medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0038.jpg\" title=\"Not a fake one\" data-rl_title=\"Not a fake one\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0038-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Not a fake one\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Not a fake one<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0033.jpg\" title=\"View from the Place de la Kasbah towards the medina\" data-rl_title=\"View from the Place de la Kasbah towards the medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0033-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"View from the Place de la Kasbah towards the medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">View from the Place de la Kasbah towards the medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0030.jpg\" title=\"Tunis street scene, relatively quiet\" data-rl_title=\"Tunis street scene, relatively quiet\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0030-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Tunis street scene, relatively quiet\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Tunis street scene, relatively quiet<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0029.jpg\" title=\"St George&#039;s Anglican Church, Tunis\" data-rl_title=\"St George&#039;s Anglican Church, Tunis\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0029-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"St George&#039;s Anglican Church, Tunis\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">St George&#039;s Anglican Church, Tunis<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0026.jpg\" title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" data-rl_title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0026-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In Tunis&#039; medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0023.jpg\" title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" data-rl_title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0023-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In Tunis&#039; medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0021.jpg\" title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" data-rl_title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0021-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In Tunis&#039; medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0020.jpg\" title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" data-rl_title=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0020-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"In Tunis&#039; medina\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In Tunis&#039; medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0040.jpg\" title=\"Not fake either\" data-rl_title=\"Not fake either\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0040-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Not fake either\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Not fake either<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sana kindly dropped me off near the city center in the morning, and I spent the day strolling around the medina, the ancient quarter with narrow streets and pathways, filled with stalls and shops and salon de th\u00e9&#8217;s. Again, there&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=16\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-tunisia","tag-tunisia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6640,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/6640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}