Thanks for the welcome back. I will do a proper report, both on the hotel and area, as soon as possible, but in the meantime just want to let you know that Sousse is fine and almost back to normal. There are some obvious signs of the troubles, with buildings having been burned out or otherwise destroyed, but these are being rebuilt. There is a great spirit of optimism and people are looking forward to the elections in July. One of the most obvious indications of change for us regulars was the absence of Ben Ali's picture in all hotels, bars and cafes. Streets are also being re-named, as previously many were named Novembre 11h to commemorate Ben Ali's rise to power and these will now be known as Janvier 14th to commemorate the date of the revolution.

The hotel was full, with quite a few British and, for the first time, a large number of Tunisian families as it was apparently school holiday time over there.

Have a good time with your family Digby, I'm sure they will be thrilled to have you with them. I'm very lucky as all mine live fairly close so we are able to see a lot of each other.