Ourida Rabat

... Sniffle. So excited. <br> <br>RANDOM NOTES:<br> <br>New sheets: I have clean sheets. I think it is weird that they change my sheets and no one else&#8217;s. But to be sure, I am quite grateful. I have learned that the Qalam student&#8217;s rooms are cleaned better. Part of me finds this uncomfortable but most of me would prefer to never return home. People wash my sheets for heaven&#8217;s sake. <br> <br>Sam- you&#8217;ve got a lot of learning to do before I come ...

... The world stops. <br><br>Sorry, I am still working on getting pictures&#8230; and a knife so I don&#8217;t have to borrow my neighbors to cut my pomegranates. <br><br>Shout-outs and an AHHHH, I really don&#8217;t like you very much:<br><br>Laundry ladies/ cooks/ maids, I love you ladies. You are miracle workers and I honestly don&#8217;t know how ya&#8217;ll do it all. It normally takes until evening to get laundry done and you guys got it done in a matter of ...

... it was dubbed over in Arabic. Regardless we ended up watching the entire movie, attempting the whole way to read lips and body movements to interpret the story, Though I&#8217;m not entirely sure we got the storyline correct, it was at least entertaining to try. We arrived back at the school by 10:30pm and lucky me, I just had a 5 minute walk home. (Others had to take the metro home, some it took almost 45 minutes) My roommate (who had gone on the trip but was in the ...

... br><br>It is a lovely place and I have been there three times. We saw a lot more Moroccans and less white people on this trip. I think I have become a reverse racist. This sounds horrible but I try to be as socially acceptable as possible in Morocco. I always attempt to speak in Arabic (though when actually speaking with people, I tend to make mistakes because I&#8217;m nervous, but they are forgiving), I always greet waiters, and tip cabbies. I see Americans and I just freeze ...

... man&#8217;s rear bumper, so sidle on up.&#8221;<br><br> <br> B) The one, light honk. It is imperative that this honk be very light or the cars around you may take is as a clue to you being a jerk. Once again, the grasshopper is forgiven. But forgiveness is only granted if the youngin&#8217; is visible. This honk, if done incorrectly might incur shouting or even a hand gestures (read about those at a later date). And by yelling, I would like to mention ...

... like seeing the real Rabat except we still saw the occasional tourist not to mention our very presence sullied it a little. Then we went to see the ocean. It was gorgeous and the waves were HUGE. You can&#8217;t even imagine. It&#8217;s and insane surfers paradise. I mean, you could see the whirlpools from where I was standing. <br><br> <br>Next, if I remember correctly, we tackled lunch. Mine was not horrible but I&#8217;m not a big tuna fan, and my ...

... Ages, stretching from Spain to Egypt at its peak. Rabat housed a great library and scholars who were a major resource for the intellectuals of the European Renaissance. When Spain finally threw out all the Muslims and Jews in the 16h century, many of them migrated to Rabat where they set up pirate shop to get even with Spain, and eventually with the rest of Europe. By the 18th century, Rabat pirates were being paid not to plunder European ...

... with another girl who was actually on our flight (little did we know). We arrived at the school, and were told our host families were going to pick us up around 11. My family was the first to pick me up. I was picked up by Fatima (my host mother) and Izhad (one of the daughters who is about my age). We took a petite taxi (a small taxi, that holds a maximum of three people) to their house in a neighborhood not to far from school ...

... I can't explain how it made me feel, but I really felt like I was doing something important in that moment. Our "little man" was back again today and showed me that he'd gotten another shot in his arm - I just went along with it. He was sweating, so I'm guessing he had to walk quite a ways to get there. He is really something. He helps with the kids, and is very tender with the ones who need it the most. At one point, I saw him ...

... will be orientation, including a tour of the town. Then, our program placements begin on Monday. We'll be having Arabic lessons on Tuesday afternoons, French lessons on Thursday afternoons, and also cooking classes once a week. I think ad hoc cultural learning programs will be sprinkled in as well. Everyone's great - the volunteers are all hitting it off well and the home base staff is just as nice as I thought they would be.