Hotel Splendid Rabat

... not a such a strong accent that it makes my Arabic hard to decipher. I have heard people speak the equivalent of &#8220;grassy-ass&#8221; Arabic style. It was mortifying thinking we hail from the same country. &#8220;Shoo kraan.&#8221;<br> <br>Then again one of the men in the souq understands me. We are friends. I buy camels from him. I think I will buy a different kind today. I have metal and wood. I am moving on to leather with saddles. <br> <br>Any way ...

... that he had been called). I creepishly asked some people if he had been on the camel trip like he was supposed to be. He had. Then later we saw him on exiting the grocery store. I was just afraid I had spread the black plague and he was in his room wasting away. Nope. <br><br>So anyway, no one told me that Hafeetha wasn&#8217;t coming so I sat in class and waited. She had told me that when it rains there can be a ton of accidents and it can be hard to make it on ...

... as I had to those I had met in the cities, I found my time spent there enriching and rewarding, these people have lived for so long with so little, and yet they are some of the happiest and most content people I have ever met.<br><br> Late afternoon came around and we found it time to head out of the village and make our way to Chefchouen, a small town nestled into the side of the mountains that is a popular stop for Moroccan tourists. Unfortunately we arrived in ...

... tourist. They may throw stones. <br> <br>Cars park on the sidewalk in order to allow the cars on the road to have a second lane. Or third depending on one&#8217;s definition of the double lines. Please check &#8220;A&#8221; and the diagram I have so lovingly drawn for educational purposes. <br> <br>I was going to attempt to explain the lanes but such expertise of educated writing is tantalizingly out of reach. You will have to refer to the drawing as it ...

... you got was jail time. How do you like them apples?<br><br> <br>Back on track. The same thing happened to both of us. The girl in Japanese got better than David. And I think maybe Stuart was having a few bad days while he was recovering from his trip to Seville, Spain (in Arabic, Ishbeelia, Isbania). I think I can accurately describe both the feeling of David and of me, we were bottom feeders. Nothing more than the scuz on the bottom of the shoes of the ...

... br> <br>The woman asks where I&#8217;m from. I don&#8217;t want to tell her- but I do. &#8220;Ana min Amreeka.&#8221; This provides more fodder. <br><br> <br>Unfortunately they way that I knew to get to and from Agdal really only works for walking. We get to a stop sign and you can&#8217;t go left thanks to the tramway they are putting in. I tell them (in English) that I live where those lights are to the left. The woman tells me that the cabby can whip a U-y. I decline ...

... takes place during longer daylight hours with longer fasting during hotter weather. That makes it more intense. <br><br>The families eat early, 4:00 AM, then hold out until sundown for a traditional meal. An hour before sundown, the streets and grocery stores are packed, people anxious, hungry, tired, focused on getting home for dinner. You don't want to be driving or buying your weekly supplies at that time. Streets are empty for an hour after ...

... getting some fans. The kids coming to the playroom are suffering from various respiratory illnesses, some quite severe, so I can imagine the oppressive heat isn't good for them. We had about 20 kids today, mostly younger - ranging 2-10 years old. We were really happy to see our girl in traction come in today, because she was out of traction! She walked in on her own and was able to play ...

... attention and supervision. Tomorrow, we have a third volunteer joining us, since her usual placement is closed on Fridays. We're excited to have the extra help, and planned a new activity since she'll be there to help us manage everyone. We're going to have the kids create a wall hanging where they each trace their hand in crayon and color in their own design. Hopefully we ...

Salaam! Well, let me preface this entry by saying that I haven't slept since leaving Chicago - I've been up for 33.5 hours so if I sound a little "off" that's why. Spent last night flying to Paris, spent this morning on a lay-over, and arrived in Rabat this afternoon on time at 1:30pm local time. Several members of our group were on the same leg from Paris to Rabat so we met up at the gate - there were eight of us coming in together ...