Tunisia is now a predominantly Muslim country, though it was once part of the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire and a French colony.
In downtown Tunis is the beautiful Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, which unfortunately I didn't have the chance to enter as a tram broke down at the most inconvenient location and caused a bottleneck and when we arrived, there wasn't much time to visit it, which also translates into the possibility of visiting Tunisia again to catch up on sights I couldn't enter during my first trip!
What was also interesting to me as I milled outside the Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul was a pair of policemen having a very calm conversation with two men holding a flag which the guide confirmed was the Flag of Palestine along Avenue Habib Bourguiba. While there were quite many people walking, chatting and waiting for their friends along Avenue Habib Bourguiba, there was no agitation and everyone was very calm. I was quite surprised as I always thought Palestine is a very emotive issue for many Arabs, but there was just calmness all round, and helped me to see the support for a Palestine state from a different perspective.
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