Everything from jewelry to fruit and bridal gear is displayed, and merchants try to get your attention in numerous languages. Tunisia has a different concept of time. Lunch routinely takes two or more hours. A dinner party scheduled to start at 8 p.m. won't see the main courses come until after 10 p.m. This becomes more evident in summer, when the middle of the day is too hot to work.
People stay at home to wait for the cool of the night for activities.
Other members of our group have visited areas related to their field. Lonnie Matthews spent time at a school for the disabled. Angie Pippert and Ericka George visited Aventis Pharmaceuticals, an international company, to study its products. Gib Stanek has seen several farms, both large and small, and compared methods and problems with Tunisian farmers. We had the opportunity to visit an ancient village dating back to the Berbers, the earliest settlers of Tunisia.