An Afternoon in the Sidi Bousaïd Park

It all started with some instagram stories and reels from some of my friends. They got involved with a group of outdoor activities lovers that gathers and has fun every wednesday afternoon in the Sidi Bousaïd Park.

Honestly I've never been in the park before. I've heard of it but I didn't know it was that awesome. So I didn't have high expectations. But also wasn't super motivated to go.

I missed many wednesday since I decided to go "one day". Always for silly reasons. But that one day finally happened yesterday.

I happened to have my weekly rest from work on tuesday and wednesday, so there were no excuses related to work. The weather was perfect. No excuses there either. The only excuse I had was thay the car was not yet repaired. But I decided not to let it stop me.

I took the tramway that takes to the northern outskirts of Tunis. One I haven't used for many years. To my surprise it was full of tourists. I thought tourists use taxis to move around.

Anyway, I went to the park and was amazed by how big and how diverse the activities one can do there. I vouldn't find the groupI was looking for, so called a friend I knew he was one of the organisers. He described the place to me and told me they haven't started yet. So I sat there playing chess on my phone until they came.

The highlight of the event in my opinion was the slackline. I always wanted to learn it. So I took turns with other people trying it. My turn only lasted a few seconds every time at first because my legs kept shaking and the line kept shaking with them. After dosens of tries, my right leg got used to standing on the line but the challenge was to train my left leg as well. Tha too even more tries but I finally made some progress and I could make some steps. The hardest part now is when I get to the center because that's where the line becomes the most unstable. I kept trying untill it started getting dark.

I can't say I mastered the slackline but I'm proud of the progress I made in one day. I also tried other games/sports but not as devotedly.

I ended up meeting a fine group of nice likeminded people that I'm looking forward to build a strong friendship with. I'm sure I'll do my best to join the weekly gathering everytime I can.

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08/04/2026

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