Hotel Lutece Rabat

... ritual of praying while facing Mecca) all agreed that the country is not as strict on religion as many Westerners think. We talked about dating and marriage and everything in between, only to realize that their relationship culture is not terribly different from that of the United States. Overall the talk opened my mind to the culture of Morocco and allowed me to think about Moroccan and Arabic culture a bit differently, which definitely helped me keep an open mind ...

... that Layla who is from Rabat would know better than me. When we arrived, it looked kind of like a small building with nothing mega about it. Kelsey recognized that this was not a place that she had been to before but we decided to enter anyway. It was a freakin’ monolith- three floors and many stores. An expensive kind of cat. I mean there was a Versace store. But a seemingly lower level of store, there happened to have a jellaba (to be crude it is a sort of traditional ...

... of confrontation in the Old Country, so I will expand this. If someone cuts you off and you have to hit your brakes or, if because of lack of attention, someone almost moves into you it becomes the appropriate time. Normally a honk comes first to catch the errant driver&#8217;s attention, then the gesture. Like I said, this requires a great deal of comfort with confrontation. <br> <br>The last is more of an exasperated, &#8220;Hey, don&#8217;t honk at me.&#8221; This ...

... a week. I went to class after not eating, and Stuart and I were supposed to write questions with the new vocabulary, and I didn&#8217;t. In an attempt to recover from this bloody illness, I slept a whole bunch.<br><br> <br>For anyone that knows me, I almost ALWAYS do my homework. Often it&#8217;s shoddy but I hate going to class even slightly unprepared. So I felt guilty throughout the whole class. She seemed to understand when I said, &#8220;Ana namtu ams leeana ...

... br><br> <br>6) People pass in the double yellow and often drive ON the double yellow. <br><br> <br>7) Most Moroccans speak in French. Zineb informs me that French allows them to express more&#8230;but apparently Moroccans fight in Arabic. When screaming, Arabic makes a longer lasting impression. <br><br> <br>8) Moroccans are the nicest people I&#8217;ve ever met. End story. <br><br> <br>9) Apparently the starving dogs don&#8217;t eat ...

... today. I wore my sandals with socks because I wore my shoes for two straight days on the plane and they did not smell like roses. I put some of my apricot deoderant in them. We'll see how that works out.<br><br>Sorry that this seems to be more of a diary than a travel blog but as I seem to have travelled very little so far, this is the best I can do. Well, I suppose I could not write at all. But I like the idea of my mama feeling the need to read all of ...

... m sensitive to that type of thing. Then it was time to go. Several of the students are on Facebook (it's everywhere!) so we are now "friends". It'll be cool if we stay in touch, but we'll see. We only had a couple days working together. They've been working with CCS volunteers for 1.5 years and said their best experience was with a couple volunteers who were here for three months. That totally makes sense as they had time to form solid ...

... returning patients, but overall it was harder than I thought it would be. It's just so easy to get attached to these kids so quickly! <br><br>In the afternoon we had an educational program on Islam, presented by our Program Director, Mohamed. It lasted nearly two hours and could've gone on much longer, as it was so interesting! I would like to read up and learn more about it after this program ends. Next week we're having a presentation on women ...

... because of the language barrier. I'm afraid they were bored. They are very curious and interested in talking with us, so it's frustrating that we can just have a chat and learn about one another. That's all part of the experience though, and we're trying to work through it and figure out alternate ways to connect. Olivia speaks French, so she tried, but the few kids with any French training understand more than they can ...

Heti alkuun pitää mainita, että olen unohtanut kertoa nähneeni julkkiksen hotellillani viimekuisen Meksikon matkan yhteydessä. Kyseessä oli joku tyyppi Star Trekistä. Itse en kyseistä henkilöä tuntenut, mutta japanilainen työkaveri oli innoissaan. En nyt muista, kuka galaksien puolustaja oli kyseessä, mutta ei ainakaan se suippokorva tai William Shatner (ainoat henkilöt, jotka Star Trekistä tunnen). Enkö vain eläkin suihkuseurapiirien säihkeess ...