Our weekend in Djerba

Since we have just gotten internet in our new house (YAY!) I will write a couple posts so as not to make one too long...

The last I posted was that we were taking a weekend trip to the Island of Djerba. We flew down Thursday afternoon so had the afternoon and early evening to explore the beautiful resort Hasdrubal Thalasso Prestige Resort & Spa. (Hasdrubal was Hannibal's brother in Carthaginian history, Phoenician soldiers) What a beautiful resort!

Probably the most beautiful place I will ever stay! We had a suite so the girls would have their own room and what a suite it was! Our room was at least twice as big as any hotel room I've stayed in

and each bedroom had its own balcony overlooking the pool and sea. And the bathroom was a like a spa! Lovely! One of the best parts was having a stand up shower!!! Not only a stand up shower but one that had the shower nozzle on the wall! Oh sweet heaven!

It was a working weekend for Travis so he and his coworkers drove out to Tataouine on Friday for a big presentation (they actually made quite a few of the newspapers in the country, (including the President's parties paper), and radio and TV). The girls and I had a lovely day playing at the beach and in the pools. I never did make it too far into the pools as it was still a little chilly for me, but the girls had a wonderful time. Especially after they met a friend, Sasha, from Switzerland.

We ended up meeting him and his family at every meal after that which all the kids enjoyed. On Saturday we spent the morning at the indoor pool and the girls had a great time swimming and playing.

Elli stripping in the hall. She kept yelling that Cookie Monster was going to get her.

Hunter is a great swimmer and as long as she has her life jacket on she has no fear, even in deep water. Elliot doesn't have any fear either, with out without a life jacket. She just doesn't have any inclination paddle once in the water. She would sink.

We enjoyed and relaxed for the afternoon and took a flight back to Tunis with the rest of the company. It was a lovely weekend and we will definitely be back. I still can't believe that we are an hour's flight, at the most, (many resorts are with in an hour or two of driving) from such beautiful resorts!! We didn't get to see much of the island this trip beside the drive to and from the hotel but I think there are many interesting places on such a small island.