Postcard from Tunisia

Tunisia is a privileged cultural destination with, in particular, sublime Roman remains. Huge beaches with crystal clear waters. Delicate and sunny dishes. Tunisia seduces for relaxing stays with a beach atmosphere, sunscreen and idleness. it also has dazzling natural spaces such as the chott el-Jérid, a 5,000 square kilometer salt plain: a rosy sunrise over a sea of ​​salt is a founding experience which, years later, remains an indelible memory that we tells his loved ones with emotion. Tunisia is also a land of culture with an extraordinarily rich heritage. We let ourselves be carried away by the intoxicating atmosphere of the souks, as Maupassant did at the end of the 19th century, who evoked "the extravagant and persistent memory of them like that of a dream" with "all the imaginable perfumes locked up in very small boxes, in very small vials, in very small bags” in La Vie errante. We remain stunned in front of el Jem, pharaonic Coliseum of the sands where more than 35,000 spectators could take place. We dream of the ruins of Carthage where nothing has grown back, thinking of Punic grandeur and its ghosts. In our minds wandering on the waves of the past, reminiscences of Roman history (the famous “Delenda Carthago” of Cato the Elder) and references to the albums of Alix and their apocalyptic representations of human sacrifices at Baal / Moloch mingle. We admire, blissfully, the mosaics presented at the Bardo Museum, among which is a portrait of Virgil of haughty beauty. We get lost in the alleys of Kairouan, admiring some of the most beautiful mosques in the Maghreb, or in the medina of Sousse. We also love Sidi Bou Saïd where white and blue reign supreme! The trip to Tunisia is lived with a rare intensity.

Ride. Raphael Zimmerman