Djerba Hood- Street Art Spectacular that transcends borders:  1 ISLAND, 1 VILLAGE, 150 STREET ARTISTS, 30 NATIONALITIES.

SEE THE TWO SETS OF GALLERIES BELOW FOR THE DIFFERENT STREET ARTISTS

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Many of you have never heard of Djerba and if I ask you where Tunisia is, it would be hard for you to point it out on a map, but this tiny island(in Tunisia) which in folk tale could be where Odysseus was stranded on his voyage and with the Lotus Eaters!!!!! Who knows, we will leave it up to the imagination….

According to the website below:

DJERBAHOOD is a place invested by artists from all around the world to transform the village into an open-sky museum. The town of Erriadh in Djerba has hosted the works of around a hundred of artists from thirty different nationalities. Erriadh, an authentic and traditional town, has become a major place of expression for artists from diverse cultures, a worldwide panorama of Street Art and an essential cultural attraction in Tunisia.

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Locked inside this quiet tiny island is quite possibly one of the best street art spectaculars known to man. Artists from 30 countries enveloped a small town almost in the central part of the island to do street art from different cultures and perspectives…..As the website below outlines in their tagline-1 ISLAND, 1 VILLAGE, 150 STREET ARTISTS, 30 NATIONALITIES.

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Website to Djerba Hood

Facebook Page of Djerba Hood

Unfortunately some of the street art stands in ruins and has been torn down, but new ones pop up every so often, even going beyond the borders of the town of Erriadh into the countryside on dilapidated old houses with domes on them which makes them stand out even more…..Take a look and see for yourself. This could be the start of a great tourist destination in Tunisia for years to come and a way for people to express themselves and show off their different styles….

Return to Tunisia:  Star Wars, Street Art, and a place that looks like Greek Island Parts

Click here to see Tunisia- Off the Beaten Path

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My return to Tunisia 6 months after I was there, could not of been any better!  I spent a few days in and around the capital, just going around the city and seeing a place I always wanted to see called Sidi Bou Said, which looks something like houses on the Greek Island of Mykonos

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The Island of Djerba is one of the most fascinating Islands I have been too.  With Three Star Wars sites as well as a very relaxed way of life, makes this place a must go for any traveler!!!!

The House of Obi Wan Kenobi on Tatooine

The outside of Mos Eisley Cantina where the R2-D2 and C3PO stayed

Anchorhead and Toshi Station

On the island you will find a great museum, markets, good food, and a hell load of alligators

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Oktoberfest!!!!! Two days takes ten years off your life!!!

For my whole life I wanted to attend Oktoberfest in Munich. Little did I know that with the combination of camping and being in the huge tents all day, would definitely take years off my life.

I was with six friends that I teach with (all couples). We left out of Cairo in the afternoon, and barely made our connection from Frankfurt to Munich. We arrived in at night and took a bus to the central train station. We then jumped on one train, then another train finally arriving in a quiet part of Munich, where we walked almost an hour to find the campground (all of us ignoring signs along the way). We finally arrived at the campsite, had a beer, then languidly went off to bed and proceeded to freeze our butts off.

We woke up the next day and went into 3 tents. I can honestly say that by five o clock we were all finished with (keep in mind they serve liter beers and the alcohol content is over 5 percent. We lost one of our friends who got separated from us and went back to camp and proceeded to have more to drink at the camp bar…..After that….the haze hits until we woke up the next morning.

We went back to Oktoberfest and proceeded to have more to drink and eat and had a blast meeting and talking with people as everyone is so friendly. Mind you that I stuck out like a sore thumb as I was the only person wearing a baseball cap. We went to a couple different tents and proceeded to drink and drink and drink. We finally got back to the campsite and proceeded to drink more and I actually ended up dancing. The end of the night would prove to be disastrous as while I was sleeping in my tent, I had my D7100 camera stolen from my tent (they didn’t take my other one or my iphones). I went around the next morning looking for it, but to no avail…….I call it collateral damage, but lost most of my good photos from the trip, luckily I had some friends there with their photos!!!!!……now it was time to jump on a train for a couple of nights in Salzburg……..

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Salzburg- Beer, Pork, Beer, Engagement

For the first part of the trip please click on Oktoberfest

Because of the hangover, I took my time of getting to my train from the campsite and also barely made it as it left about three minutes after I got on. It was about an hour and a half train to Salzburg but what I had forgotten is they closed off any trains going from the German to Austrian border in which they made me disembark at Friessling Station which was on the German Austrian Border!!!! Why? The Syrian Immigrant crisis is causing a lot of problems. If you would of seen what I saw on the border, it was hundreds and maybe even thousands of Syrian immigrants huddled together and sleeping in a shanty town. Probably one of the saddest things I have ever seen!!!!

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If I can pretty much sum up Salzburg, it would be to continue the drinking from Oktoberfest, see a lot of the sights, as well as try every food imaginable. I had seen parts of the city that I had never seen before in my previous four visits there and I became more impressed with the city than I already was!!!!!!

Just walking around, you get a sense of how peaceful and relaxing everything is!!!!  From the beautiful sights at the castle overlooking the city to the Augustiner Brewerey/Beer Garden/Food House.

This time was great!!!!!  And I even got a replacement for my camera…

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Oh yea I forgot to mention two of my good friends got engaged there at the Rose Garden.   Laina attended a semester abroad there and Steve wanted to propose to her there……HMMMM I knew there was a reason for going to Salzburg!!!!! Great place and I will return to both places again…CONGRATS STEVE AND LAINA!!!!