Celebrating my MA

A late celebration of getting my MA,I'd actually got it back in October and officially graduated at the City Hall in Sheffield in November. Last Sunday went  to the 'Au Bon Vieux Temps' restaurant in Sidi Bou Said,the night before there had been a fire at the mosque next to the restaurant.At first it seemed to have been an accident but later found out the Salafists had burnt down the shrine. The pictures of the burnt out shrine had been posted on Facebook,Ayem texted me he had seen these photos and was put off going to the restaurant as he feared there might be trouble in Sidi Bou Said. Mourad,Philip,Cormac and Esther,Moujib his friend Azza,and Carin came and later on Ursula as she was skint and couldn't really afford dinner.
Our table was facing the sea,the view is great during the day time so in the  evening you can only just make out the other side of the bay but it was very thoughtful of the restaurant to do the seating in this way.
The decor of the  restaurant includes some paintings and also photographs of some celebrities who have dined here including the ex-president Sarkoky and his wife Carla Bruni and one of the princesses of Thailand.
Leaving the restaurant was delayed a small demonstration just opposite a nearby restaurant,actually there seemed to be more police than demonstrators.The demonstration was against the Minister of Foreign Affairs spending government money inappropriately.Half an hour later we managed to walk through the police and demonstrators without any problems.