Riad Kalaa Rabat

... to buy something with the name brand “Joos” but it was so enticingly strange like most of Morocco. Not to mention “Cool” totally rocks and it is along the same vein.

When I was at Label Vie and I picked up some beautiful grapes. They are gloriously round globes of genuine goodness. They were totally worth 14Dh. Foreigners are given a list of what is good and what is not good to eat in Morocco. I have not had street ice cream, but I ...

... 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’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 ...

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I accepted that Kelsey was right and that we needed to return to the market to finish shopping. It went great to my astonishment. I didn’t even end the day frustrated. We got in and out in short order, bags in hand. What had made the shopping exceedingly great was someone had been playing Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.

We decided to get some food before I sent Kelsey off on her train back to Ifrane (not to be confused with Irfane). We ...

... have one of the only veggie sections in the Maghreb. To be short it was horrible experience and I never ended up there. In the end I went to the Agdal Label Vie then caught a cab to the “Gare Agdal” (“Agdal Rabat Train Station”). To Zineb: if you do read this, I made it to Friday’s via cab, had soup, and then I made the easy hop to the gare. Ignore the other useless blather. I intend to lie to you. I love white lies.

Rabat, Morocco landerh

Hola, as they never say here in Morocco:

Some updates:


-As far into the future I can see, there won't be very many pictures. Sorry.


-I never do anything, so you can look forward to anecdotes instead of travels. Sorry again.


-Where I live will, from here on out, be known as the Bayt. I think it has a nice ring. Do not you?


-This post has no contractions. Check it.


It is official. I am ...

... in the hell the residence is. I tell him in Arabic to just go Souissi, one OR two, and I would figure it out.


He still thinks I don’t understand. He asks again in English. I keep answering him in Arabic (because I felt I was doing pretty darn well) so he assumes a) that I still don’t understand and b) I don’t speak English.


I resort to telling him where I want to go in English. But the places I know are the same. In English ...

School started a week ago today. Amina and I go to school together, and we take the bus, which has a tendency to get a little crowded at times. And let's just say, people in Morocco don't shower as much as we do, so the scents can be a little.....different. We took our placement test Monday morning, and after being up all day Saturday and Sunday and completely overwhelmed on Sunday, the test was a bit ...

... we got into the wrong car. We bought 1st class tickets which guarantee seats, but got in the 2nd class section by accident. 2nd class seating is first come, first serve, so seats aren't guaranteed and no one wanted to risk standing for a 3.5 hour train ride (there isn't much difference in price, so it is worth it). Anyway, the train took off as we were trying to find our seats. It was hot and crowded, about 16 of us were ...

... you "Office Space" fans, it reminded me of that scene in the beginning of the movie, when the guy is commuting to work, stuck in traffic, and is passed up by an old man with a walker. :-) The children's hospital was a lot more difficult than we thought it would be. Two of us are working there. When we arrived, we were somewhat overwhelmed by the general scene. The hospital campus is very big and sprawling, and there are people everywhere, milling ...

Second time's a charm. The train drops me off right in the center of Rabat and from there I easily find a nice inexpensive hotel, no WiFi or anything fancy like that, but back then it was a novelty and I was hardly addicted to it. What I DO have are about a 100 CD’s I picked up from the WOMEX conference, which are extremely heavy, so I set about listening to them and downloading anything I like ...