I arrived about 18 hours ago in Tunisia but have just now figured out the blogging website (which is in Arabic here). My flights didn't seem too long and I met a cool guy from the army who was stationed near Tucson that was also headed for Tunisia. I think his name was Zorad, but I can't remember entirely. He was a nice guy and told me about how his medication for PTSD made the flights easier to stand. He'd been stationed in Iraq for the past 4 years. He told me about how he is going to see his son in Florida before he gets a knee replacement and gets redeployed. He's a translator for the army since he speaks Arabic. He didn't tell me it outright but I figure that since he's taking medication for PTSD and that when I asked about his knee surgery he said, "Well, that's the price we pay for Iraq," he probably had an accident in Iraq. Very sad, he's a nice guy.
That aside, Tunisia is beautiful. It's the rainy part of the year right now so everything is green and lush. Customs was surprisingly easy to get past and people here have been nothing but friendly so far. I'm meeting with my soon to be Arabic tutor later this week and am going to a different part of town to scope out the libraries in such with my Aunt on Saturday. I've got to go the bank to exchange my dollars for some dinars now.
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Hey Duncan....Sounds like an amazing adventure. Please send pictures...dont take any wooden dinars!!!
Miss you,Patty
Duncan,
I'm glad that you made it to Tunisia!
Congrats on a arriving. I too has a suspiciously easy time getting through customs. And whats up with these foreign computers being in other languages its very confusing!
Duncky! I miss you already. Remember to take some kickin' pics for me.
Molly :)
Hurrah! I'm excited for you. I'm interested to hear about your Arabic teacher and your beginning impressions of Arabic/learning Arabic (as opposed to the other languages you've studied) whenever you get the chance.
Enjoy the rain!
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