To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes:
"Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes."
It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Tunisia Trip -- Part Thirty Five
Then it was off to Houmt Souk, the market neighborhood and main town of the island for a shopping opportunity.
I particularly enjoyed watching the fish vendors auctioning off the day's catches. They each had an amusing and distinctive personality.
Souk scenes:
This elderly woman is wearing the traditional garb of the island, complete with straw hat.
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