Oumlil Hotel Rabat

... me an amazing price. She helped me dispense of a great amount of currency. (&#8220;You are aware that you will be paying for this trip with currency, yes?&#8221;)<br>We spend that chunk of cash in 2 ½ hours. My favorite purchases are a pair of pants and a pretty purse. We bought our stuff and headed home. <br> <br>I talked to Miss Kayci on Skype. And of course she spilled the beans and told me that she was coming for &#8220;Eid Al Shukr.&#8221; (&#8220;Thanksgiving ...

... your seatbelt. Quite a few taxis have some variation of, &#8220;Wear your seatbelt, it&#8217;s the law.&#8221; I have actually NEVER seen a seatbelt in a taxi. Sorry mama, I wear my belt in the bus to school. Unfortunately the bus driver is quite possibly the most polite driver here.)<br><br>7) How to Act in the Occasional Bouts of Wet Stuff <br><br>I have yet to see this, but to my understanding there are only three things you can do: panic, hit other cars, and ...

... The ferry ride was much shorter on the way back (only about 30 min) and so we got back to the bus by 2:30 and headed for Madrid. Unfortunately since the bus lacked a bathroom, everyone by about 5pm was dying for a restroom, however we didn&#8217;t stop until 6:45pm&#8230;not a fun start to the bus ride. On the second half of the bus we attempted to watch an American movie that one of the house family&#8217;s had given to a student but found that after putting it ...

SATURDAY:<br><br>Kelsey and I finally forced our selves out the door at 11am-ish. We knew what we wanted from the day. We both wanted to do some shopping and we thought I should see Oudaia. As far as I know it was an old fortress and now makes more money and is less under attack. Well, depending on what you consider attack. Tourists might be worse than invaders. First, we went to Bab Al-ahad. The covered market also known as &#8220;Rue du Consuls&#8221; and &#8220;Marche Central ...

... I neglected to mention them all here. <br><br> <br>2) The Polite Honks (or nice honks)<br><br> <br> A) The few light honks. These are more of a gentle reminder of your driving duties. &#8220;Hey my fellow drivers, though I appreciate your company not only am I obliged to honk but if you could move up a smidge that would be great. I do recognize the light is red, but there just happens to be two inches (two whole inches) between your front bumper and ...

... Consuls (I have noooooo idea how to spell that) which is a fairly famous covered market. It&#8217;s beautiful. The first half of it is tourist items. Too expensive and exclusively populated by your typical white-bread American/ European tourists. It was lovely and the products were nice but I wasn&#8217;t going to spend my money there. <br><br> <br>The second half of the market is for food and is packed full of locals. It&#8217;s beautiful! It&#8217;s ...

... was visited by the Phoenicians for trade, then taken over by the Romans in 40 BC, as it became the Westernmost outpost of the Roman Empire, Sala Colonia. Their forum and walled enclosure is still in tact, called the Chellah, after the original name of the Moroccan town.<br><br>Rabat has been a sanctuary and hotbed over the centuries. Favored by the Berber and Almohad tribes, it was the center of Morocco&#8217;s greatest kingdom during the ...

... I are all in the same company at school, so we all know each other. At the airport, there were hardly any lines to check in or go through security. We flew Royal Air Maroc (the Royal Airline-i.e. the ONLY airline in Morocco). It was really nice. We arrived at the airport in Casablanca around 7 am, and proceeded to do the whole airport song and dance. We were picked up by a van from the school probaby aournd 9, and headed to Rabat ...

... play center as well. It's bad enough being sick in the hospital, but imagine 'not' being sick in the hospital. Some dads are there, too, but not many. I saw one today standing outside the play room window (they have wall-to-wall windows on the front and back sides of the room), watching his daughter play - we were playing teeter-totter. We made eye contact, he smiled, mouthed the word "merci" to me, and touched his hand to his heart ...

... know how I love cats! After dinner, I unpacked and am now trying to unwind for a good night's sleep. You would think I'd be dead on my feet, but I'm feeling OK. I was really exhausted on the flight from Paris to Rabat and could have fallen asleep standing up, but perked up after we got here. I'm sharing a room with five ladies, and am happy to have a bottom bunk (just hope I don't forget where I am and hit my head when I get up ...