August: throngs of tourists in shorts departing from airports in Sicily for a crazy week of Tunisia. Accompanied
the hand by experienced tour guides, gently encouraged by fellow travelers, Tunisia fantasizing about their dream, approximating a journey between the two shores of the Mediterranean.
down the plane, after dealing with a flight of fifty minutes and will be transferred to an air-conditioned coach including Tunisian who will lead them into a fabulous holiday village, a long, long Tunisia. So the adventure begins. Sweets
mosaics, huge pools and Western food (but revisited in the best tradition of Tunisia) cooked by Tunisians in the flesh.
space awaits them in the village activities, tournaments, dance lessons, cabaret, comedy, night shows, archery, ping pong, bowling, dance classes, lessons in circus, the whole "in privacy" what you ask for?
The first days are confusing, the language barrier separates the good Sicilian by those few, unfortunate, Tunisians, who do not speak your language, thank God, with him there are so many compatriots with whom to discuss this and less of work and God
few days later, however, the difficulties vanish and the other between a smile and magically starts to communicate with the local population in a French unlikely.
Then the holiday-hungry curiosity of the better "but because your women wear the veil, why are you all so nervous, because we look weird and courted our girls? ". The poor Sicilian
believes he has used in the right feel to address these questions, but that's when something unexpected happens: those Tunisians who were just beginning to smile at you pissed off and stop being nice.
On the other hand, thinks, then the tourists with great knowledge of the facts, not their fault, the real civilization, the one brought by the French (yes they are fine), have had plenty of time to forget it!
few tourists venture outside the holiday village (after all we have to enjoy this famous Tunisia) and go souk, a meeting place par excellence.
Italian cruisers galore, and is happy, more so if the region of origin is the same, almost did not see my fellow countrymen for a lifetime. Some faces another crowd of Italians, even ventured a nice " paisà "!
And it is precisely the market that we rediscover the well-off but genuinely Italian, the smart but modest, the wealthy but generous, the kind of tourist who has taken a nice cruise for himself and his family.
Get to the souk on the usual air-conditioned coach, is guided by a confident tour guide who knows more of the devil, and you drag numbered and sweaty, with nice cards fluorescent, the stalls and bazaars full of real "stuff of Tunisia." The guide walks and he below, the guide stops and he stops and, without knowing exactly how to get ending in a beautiful carpet shop where waiting for him, to battle stations, there is a skilled seller speaks six or seven languages \u200b\u200b(including Japanese ) who had spent the previous night trying to figure the beats to stimulate the unconscious Italian humor.
Before buying a carpet, the Italian cruise bargains with tenacity, using this complex operation if one of its available eight hours (during which at least is supposed to breathe a little 'air of Tunisia). Then give up and accept the price the seller as soon as he thinks he has not been plucked too. The Italian village of
Holidays, having more time available for purchases, it takes a lifetime to find the right souvenir to witness its passage in Tunisia. Buy everything vaguely Tunisian there for any friend, relative or acquaintance who has requested it to him.
the evening the intrepid lovers of Tunisia by night launch in dancing is infused with the spirit or Tunisian venture in search of comely cafes where women dance belly dancing (who turns out to be a strangely exotic tradition even for the same Tunisian) . Although not always possible to find what you're looking for some visitors this holiday traditions and Tunisian pool is starting to love it. The step is made, it is now the time to bring a bit 'of Italian folklore abroad. So Coach is proudly sing choruses of songs tralalallaru nice, of course, Italian, best when steeped in the spirit of the people. Some
, racing through the streets in buses during nights out, it seemed to see again, without a clear understand who he was, a big man smiling with his hands together in victory. The Italian holiday-in flash is a type who is curious and asks, ask him to guide that will churn out an answer promptly shut his mouth that fully satisfy the tourist-hungry flash-knowledge.
If, however, the flash-tourist is really a tough cookie, a being with serious aspirations for knowledge, expert can address the inevitable holiday villages, the supreme connoisseur that at least two, but three or four times already come to Tunisia, in some other village space. The Supreme
expert guides you in whatever you do, from how to dive in the pool and how to choose the local best to eat a good dinner "at the Tunisian". Following the advice of the dauntless tourists will go to a restaurant and chic trangugerà "typical food" and proud of his courage and will comment again and again: "are these different Tunisian cuisine." The analysis of the nature of this diversity I yield willingly to the astute reader. The same evening
good Sicilian semi-lit walk through the streets, by chance, meet a brother western 'a bit strange, "which will begin to talk of responsible tourism. But what devilry he talking about?
not good enough for the Italian goes in the 'African Tunisia "to run their business but someone is also reprimanded, tze! The 'Italian does not feel quite superficial, so it's angry, she feels offended by those deep in gossip.
still angry back to the airport in Sicily and crosses the line that is invariably made for passing out to all the other tourists. When someone responds promptly scolded him: "and then we complain of Tunisians!
But you have to excuse our tourist, he has a purpose, there is no time to lose. Returning to his homeland, after an inevitable week at sea, absolutely necessary to recover from the stress of the journey begins to work and design a beautiful Tunisian holiday resort to be built in its beautiful Sicily. Brilliant idea! Dear
flash-tourist in Sicily, this year you'll save time and money, an hour's drive of your dreams is Tunisia and many, many educated Tunisians with a bright red cap on his head that will answer all the questions the sottoporrai. We have sun, sea and an oriental room and soon coming fate of massive stuffed camel!
Special thanks go to all the friends in Tunisia, known during my last trip, especially to Anis, Ines, Hamichou, Zizou, Mr. Fatih, Mariam, Amjid and Saida, who have revealed aspects of otherwise incomprehensible to me of their culture.
Bruna Scuderi
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