Tunisia

‘in Selah’
On our way to Tunis, Emily re-informed me of the family we were staying with for the next 10 days. Apparently the key facts ‘German diplomats’ slipped my mind! I had the time of my life in Tunisia. Highlights include walking in the streets, dining in Hammamet, driving through the mountains, touring the Carthage ruins, dining with the German ambassador, shopping in the marketplace, riding a camel on the beach, watching the slaughter of a sheep, listening to the family’s stories, talking with Emily and Maren about life goals, eating all kinds of different food, hearing the Islamic call to prayer (5 times a day), listening to the Christmas story in Latin, pillow talk with Emily, eating in a 400 year-old and list goes on and on and on...
Michael and Monika were wonderful hosts; they provided and gave so much. Monika cooked a variety of homemade meals I had never had (or heard of); and on our last night there, Michael cooked a five-course Chinese meal-it took me the longest to eat my food because I was HORRIBLE with chop-sticks.
Overall, that time in Tunis changed me: new ambitions and greater perspective of the world…I am truly blessed to have met the Freudenbergs…
Back in Madrid:
After the New Year, Emily and I returned to Madrid to meet her sister and our friend Munson. With less than 24 hours in Madrid, the four of us quickly caught up on Christmas stories, toured the Prado Museum, and walked through a few botanical gardens. Then once the clock struck 10 P.M, Munson and I hopped a train to…