This from a local news report:
"Tunisia’s state news agency TAP announced a curfew for 8 governorates to take effect at 9 PM and last until 5 AM....The curfew was announced at eight o’clock, leaving precious little time for citizens to clear the streets. It also came immediately after Khaled Tarrouche, spokesperson for the Minister of the Interior, declared in a press conference on national television that there would not be a curfew, though one would be implemented in the coming days if unrest continued. The curfew applies to areas that saw violent protests last night, possibly in connection to an art exhibition considered blasphemous by religious conservatives."
I had just arrived with a few friends to our monthly book club meeting, totally unaware that there was a curfew (in fact it was announced just 30 mins after we arrived). Not real familiar with the area, I had arranged for a driver to come pick me up ... having now to make that time many hours earlier than originally planned. I decided to make things easier for the driver by walking down the quiet residential street so it would be easier for him to find the address. Needless to say, it was dark, I'm feeling slightly on-edge (being my first Tunisia curfew experience) and in unfamiliar territory. As I look down at the road, I notice that it appears to be moving! On closer inspection, I could see that it was a bunch of Cockroaches! And I'm wearing sandals! To heck with the curfew, I was totally freaking out by the cockroaches!!!! Some poor fellow passed by me and I'm sure he thought the this curfew was likely caused by "yours truly", based on my totally crazy behaviour. Well by the time I finished my freak out, and ran to the end of the road way, I kind of lost track of where I was (off coarse again) and had to have one of my lady friends accompany the driver to come find me. Needless to say, all ended well ... we all got home in time ... with no further incidents.
Today all seems quiet and normal. Went to the gym, coffee with a friend and then some shopping at the local fruit/vegetable market. Not noteworthy in itself, but just to show that we keep hearing about protests, etc ... but nothing seems to be affecting our day to day lives here. We are being cautious, but are going about our lives just as we would be otherwise.
"Tunisia’s state news agency TAP announced a curfew for 8 governorates to take effect at 9 PM and last until 5 AM....The curfew was announced at eight o’clock, leaving precious little time for citizens to clear the streets. It also came immediately after Khaled Tarrouche, spokesperson for the Minister of the Interior, declared in a press conference on national television that there would not be a curfew, though one would be implemented in the coming days if unrest continued. The curfew applies to areas that saw violent protests last night, possibly in connection to an art exhibition considered blasphemous by religious conservatives."
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Today all seems quiet and normal. Went to the gym, coffee with a friend and then some shopping at the local fruit/vegetable market. Not noteworthy in itself, but just to show that we keep hearing about protests, etc ... but nothing seems to be affecting our day to day lives here. We are being cautious, but are going about our lives just as we would be otherwise.
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