Tunisia is a small, cozy country in North Africa with a blue Mediterranean sea and an untouched Sahara desert. Carthage, once equal to Rome, was its former capital. . The buildings of the capital of the Arabian-style old city and the new European city are mostly milky white, nestled in the shade of date palms, palm trees and olive trees, like white lotus floating on the Mediterranean. The Bourguiba Street in the heart of the New Town, in the center of the Republic Square in the heart of the street, stands the bronze statue of the former President Bourguiba. In the distance, the water and the sky are the lakes of Tunisia and the Gulf of Tunisia.