The buses to Nabeul were sometimes so full that not a single additional person could have fit. For a moment it looked very dangerous because the bus started to pull away with her just hanging on. After another few seconds the driver closed the door behind her, barely squeezing her inside. From a tourist's perspective, it doesn't seem as though Islam plays any greater role in the average Tunisian's life than Christianity does in an American's or European's life. You can hear the beautiful song of the muezzin several times a day, but we never saw men drop what they were doing to go to the mosque.
Business goes on as usual.
We frequently saw young ladies wearing very tight outfits, sometimes a little revealing. At the Kacem Center Hotel, which is about a ten-minute walk from the medina. The Kacem got anywhere from two and a half to three stars in various guides we saw, and it was very nice indeed. It was also very near the train station, but this was never a problem. Often the food stores are small places where, instead of walking around picking up the items yourself, you walk up to a counter, tell them what you want, and they go get it from shelves on the wall.