Guellela

Mar 16
Took the local bus to the town of Guellela (still on Jerba Island). There we visited the museum which has display of local customs. Finally, finally, finally the weather was hot. If I wanted to make this story exciting I’d mention that we passed near the Synagogue that Al Qaeda bombed shortly after 9/11. Instead I’ll mention that we had a tasty and inexpensive lunch on the patio outside the museum – which is the highest land on the island (still not very high). C. had some nice grilled calamari. We picked (by accident) the right day to visit the museum of local customs since today is the day school kids dress up in traditional costumes. Some were at the museum and we saw others around the town and on the road. Girls had golden scarves and boys red fezzes – very cute. Upcoming Independence Day on March 20 is reason for dressing up. Every street corner in the country is being festooned with red flags. We don’t know what’s going to happen on the big day but presumably it involves smoking some “20 Mars” brand cigarettes.