TRAVEL DAY AND ARRIVAL IN MANNANET TUNISIA

So we did finally arrive in Tunisia. We started travelling on Friday morning. We decided to take the train to Toronto and just enjoy the trip there. After an overnight with our family there (and a good night's sleep) we arrived at the airport around 4 for the first leg of the trip to Paris. It left at 7:45. Our Tour Manager Daisy met us and we quickly had our tickets, luggage tags and were through security. Unfortunately the airline seats you where they want and Judy was a few rows away from my seat further back in the bus. We spent our wait time talking to the others on our tour. We were all wearing our name tags! The Air France plane ride was smooth arriving in Paris aground 8. Judy did snag 2 glasses of wine. In Paris we had a 5 hour layover before out flight to Tunis. Senior Discovery gave each of the travellers a small stipend for food while we waited. It was a long wait after the long trans Atlantic ride and we did get a bit to eat but were not very hungry. Of course all of this was on top of the no sleep because of the red eye flight. Finally just after 2 we boarded for the final flight to Tunis. We were a bit delayed getting to Tunis and then over an hour wait to clear immigration.

I think the immigration agent was taking on the phone (to his girlfriend?). He took forever. We were one of the last of our tour group to finally clear the area. Needless to say we were tired by the time dinner was served around 7:00 local time. We had just finished the bus ride from the airport when it was time for the huge buffet style offering. We managed to eat a full meal and then got to our room. Staying 4 nights meant a big unpack getting our clothes ready for the next few days. After some searching we found everything we needed. There are 37 people on the tour and most seem to be fit enough for the activities planned. We have many from the west (Calgary, Vancouver, etc.) as well as Ontario. We will have one local guide for all site seeing. He has been a guide for close to 20 years so there should be plenty of local knowledge. So everything starts tomorrow with a resort day! We have a group meeting tomorrow and then “Free Time”