This was the scene on the dock:
The tour was a pleasant experience. The bus windows were
clear, the guide spoke reasonably good English, and the place was
attractive. We began with a walk around
the Medina. I had no idea where we were, and the streets were a
maze. I took a few stereo shots, which I have not scanned yet. We
went up to a roof above a carpet shop. A man in the shop said those
who were bored by carpet-selling should go up
for the view. We all wasted lots of
film! Miraculously we lost nobody on this part of the tour, although
we had a couple of elderly wanderers. Our second stop was a
museum of antiquities. It was all
Roman ruins and mosaic pavements. The guide talked long and loud,
when it would have been better simply to give us a half-hour or
whatever to be back in a certain spot. The boy and girl in the
souvenir shop spoke perfect American, and I bought a film. They were
not permitted by law to give change in US currency, so a woman and I
combined our purchases to spend the exact amount. Our next stop was
an American war memorial, then we had
lunch, with rose wine, near some Roman aqueducts under excavation.
then we went to some lovely Carthaginian excavations, their big
feature being some Roman baths. last,
we visited the village of Sidi Bou Said, all blue and white, and all
shops.