Dar El Kebira Rabat

... the other kids. :-) Also, one of my favorite little boys came in today! I thought he was gone because we hadn't seen him all week, but he came in today, and it just made my whole morning. He must've been pretty sick to stay away from the playroom all week. He feels thinner than he was last week (he's a string bean to begin with) and was a little moody, but he seems to be moody most of the ...

... the afternoon . . . this was our first weekend travel adventure, and is definitely one I will never forget. I was nervous because it was our first time traveling alone in Morocco. Up until this trip, we had someone from CCS with us on outings but this time we were on our own - and traveling hundreds of miles away from Rabat! Abdu gave us a ride to the train station, and we managed to get the right train (score ...

... on each side, just above her outer eye-brows. There is a pink string coming from the top of the contraption down to the center of her head, and there are weights that hang from the other end of the string down to the side. They look like little sandbags - not sure how much they weigh but are substantial. The contraption forces her to keep her head still and looking forward all the time. We made room at the table for her ...

... I also recorded most of the tour with the digital recorder. It looks like there will be ways to collaborate with this libary in the future, and that is totally exciting!!!! :) Tomorrow we head north up the coast to Tangier, and I think we make a stop in Kenitra. Thanks to all who follow this and post comments. I am happy you are following this all with me! We are two weeks in, so after tomorrow, the journey will be half over. I have mixed feelings on this...... for now, abientot!

... We were intrigued and ended up designing our own with the help of several other locals. He made a wooden plaque with wooden writing in a matter of 10 minutes. The saying we had him write was, "Life is a journey." Although that saying could not be directly traslated into Arabic, he was able to write, "Life is full of adventure." He was very proud of his work and we were even more excited about our unique momento!

... to give me what I asked for! I managed to get over it (fairly quickly for me) and sit back and enjoy the countryside from the upstairs section of the first class train compartment as recommended by Frommers. The ride to the capital city of Rabat was only an hour, although we almost made it much more complicated by getting off at the wrong station before being corrected by a friendly helpful passenger. Naturally the station was undergoing ...

... t get an answer, we started to make our way in. A little edgy but no problems until the marina pilot came out to greet us in his inflatable. He approached us just as we were coming across the bar and stopped right in front of our boat. As we were still under motor a large wave came thru and took us with it as we were expecting, but not the marina guy who we yelled at and he managed to gun his boat out the way before ...

... happens to completely change your mind. After showering we wandered 'up town' to find a few bits to eat. None of the restaurants were open and the only shop was trying to close as we entered. So armed with our bottle of Fanta and 2 yoghurts, we headed back to our hotel. As we entered 'the guys' who had first showed us the room and sorted out the bikes etc, were just about to break their fast for Ramadan. They had put extra food and chairs out for us and ...

... for a reason-we were on the fringes of acceptable behavior. And for that I couldn't help but feel a little sketchy. I would not include this on my nightly list of activities in badly pronounced Darija for my family. Since we were there anyway, and had bought cokes at two times the normal price, we danced and actually had a good time making fools of ourselves and joined hands with some Moroccans nearby in a slightly ridiculous dancing circle. I anticipate it will be a complicated ...

... so bad and dizzy. and god, its just so sad. i started crying today while we were bathing the kids. they put two kids in the tub at the same time and they scrub their little bodies so rough, getting soap in their eyes and just pouring a huge bucket of water over their heads and bodies to rinse them off. i was just thinking about nate and drew and about how careful me and christy ...