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The home of our hosts on their large family orchid of trees, chickens and gardens.

They have 1800 pomegranate trees and 1500 olive trees. Here we have one of the pomegranates on a tree.

One of the pomegranate trees

Family orchid of pomegranate trees.

Our hosts Mageed and his wife Saud. We learned how to prepare grilled salad, mini briks. Everyone pitched in to prepare the lunch. We then sat down in their home to a wonderful meal and a great afternoon. Their son Ahmed is studying at the university how to grow crops better and take care of the land. Through their conversations we learned about their life and their family; their concerns, their activities, and their perception to life. A very interesting afternoon.

We were fortunate to visit the Bardo Museum, after its recent re opening. The Bardo National Museum is a museum in Tunis with incredible collection of Roman Mosaics found anywhere in the world. Here you see art in the museum entrance lobby.

On 18 March 2015, two militants attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages. Twenty two people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene. These are the names and nationalities of the 22 killed.

Around fifty others were injured. The two gunmen, Tunisian citizens were killed by police. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.

The museum houses one of the largest collections of Roman mosaics in the world, thanks to excavations at the beginning of 20th century in various archaeological sites in the country including Carthage, Hadrumetum, Dougga and Utica.

The early Christian room with baptistery in the center

Byzantine era baptistery from the 6th century AD from a Parrish church in the rural town of Demna.

Matron at her toilet, 4th Century from Carthage.

Looking down from floors above of the mosaic floors

Carthage Room. The museum also contains a rich collection of marble statues representing the gods and Roman emperors found on various sites including those of Carthage.

Generally, the mosaics of Bardo, such as the Virgil Mosaic, represent a unique source for research on everyday life in Roman Africa. From the Roman era, the museum also contains a rich collection of marble statues representing the deities and the Roman emperors .

Garden areas from the Museum

Mosaic art

The mosaic works are incredible in art form as well as on the walls surrounding the art mosaic.

The lobby entrance of the museum. You saw earlier in a photo of the wall in the background displayed.

The next morning after landing in Djerba we visited the seashore and the fishing areas.

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