The American Cemetery in Carthage

On Saturday, I took a walk through the scorching sun around the northern suburbs of Tunis. The most notable was the beautifal and touristy Sidi Bou Said. It's a nice area with plenty of cafes to sit and grab a citron presse and wait out the heat. Unfortunately, the whole leisurely side got lost in the shuffle of a busy day running around in the heat. I checked out ruins of Roman Carthage, and made my way over to the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial.
The cemetery is a great stop for Americans. You can pay your respects to the war dead and contemplate a type of history far-removed from the Romans and the old Beys. It's also American soil, and is very well-kept (the nicest piece of land I've seen so far), with a helpful Tunisian in the air-conditioned reception office. If anyone's interested, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book An Army at Dawn, by Rick Atkinson, is a fascinating and well-researched look at the American and British Armies in North Africa during WW2. I'm looking forward to the rest of his books in the Liberation Trilogy as well - it's my understanding he's going to cover Sicily and Normandy as well.