We drove to Gabés, about an hour or so away, to visit a relative and also a maqam of the saint Sidi Lubaba, which was very pretty and, like the TARDIS, seemed bigger on the inside, somehow. The city itself is unique, being a place where you can see mountains, the sea, oases, and the desert.

Next post coming shortly; it's a long one (and one of the last for this trip!) or I would have merged it with this one. Stay tuned!

A little outside of my grandparents' hometown of Sfax, surrounded by olive fields, you can find the Roman ruins of the coastal town Lunca. We toured the area as well as visited a saint buried there, before heading to the beach to enjoy the sun and sea.

I was so excited to see my first amphitheatre in real life! It was as awesome as expected and it was so fun to try and imagine how it might have looked and been when it was new and full of people!

It was also really cool to see this merging of time periods and cultures between Rome and Islam, with the gorgeous Grand Mosque—and its green door—right next to the arena.

It's hard to capture the sheer scale of the amphitheatre, so a lot of these images or just glimpses at various parts of it.