Royal Hotel Rabat

... excel at. I wish that my best facet of Arabic was speaking but I suppose I could be truly awful and not just self-deprecating. Being so self-deprecating I suppose I will never settle. Every poor character trait has an upside I suppose. (P.S. a reviewer described Sedaris as self-deprecating. True, platonic love.)<br> <br>2Pac: If anyone wants a 2Pac shirt as a Moroccan souvenir, you should probably let me know as time is running short. <br> <br>Mama: MOROCCANS HAVE ...

... there was a beautiful mosque. I think it&#8217;s my favorite that I&#8217;ve seen here. The minaret was beautiful and if you haven&#8217;t noticed siphoning through my pictures, I have a thing for minarets. They are the best thing since&#8230; well, since bread. <br><br>I&#8217;m bopping along down this road first taking pictures of the mosque then the palms in the middle of the road. I soon notice that the apartment buildings are beautiful. I have never seen any buildings ...

... t define their person).<br><br> <br>Thanks Bob, you have now introduced &#8220;grasshopper&#8221; into my daily vocabulary. <br><br> <br>Kayci, hey! You reintroduced &#8220;segway.&#8221; If you ever want me to stop taking pictures of my food (since after awhile I am sure it can appear only mundane) just let me know.<br><br> <br>Thanks to Kelsey&#8217;s choir director&#8217;s fiancé for letting me ask more questions about the food industry in Morocco ...

... br> <br>During the middle of our visit to Chellah, I started to feel like I was going to die. The gang was going to go get something to drink and I thought maybe some juice would make my everything feel better. After we had arrived in Hay Riad (a wealthy neighborhood, were we had actually eaten lunch) Kelsey and I went to the pharmacy to get some aspirin.<br><br> <br>Let me tell you a little about the aspirin, it&#8217;s and effervescent like Alka ...

... just in case. <br><br>I returned to the main entrance where the security guard hangs out. As soon as he sees my tears and my mouth opening to ask a question, he starts asking passing girls if they speak English (we're on friendly terms now because the last three times I've seen him, I've been dry eyed and only said "marhaba"- "hello"). A girl does. She was very friendly but left in the middle of helping me. Maybe she had class, I don't know. <br><br>The ...

... per capita GDP, 10 cars per hundred people (compared to 70 for the US). Morocco has limited industry, almost all centered in Casablanca. Their top 4 national products are phosphates, citrus fruits, sardines, and carpets. It&#8217;s the carpets that capture allegiance.<br><br>Morocco is a constitutional monarchy. That means that the king does whatever he damn well pleases, he has a legislature to kiss up to him for doing it, and a military to ...

... into a series of three rooms, each one warmer than the last, in only your skivvies. there you siton a little stool and use little ladel like things in buckets of water (you bring your own stool, ladle, and buckets) and pour water on yourself. The ladies that do the scrubbing (well, in the female side it is ladies) do quite the job. You bring with you a loofah-like mitt that you get either soft, medium, or hard. I have the medium ...

... He showed me how to pronounce words in Arabic, and then I helped him pronounce the same word in English. I received kisses on the cheeks from a few of the kids (the European greeting) and it was really sweet - another new experience. They seem to be trusting us more and getting comfortable. I think we're getting more comfortable with them too. I hope tomorrow goes as well. Tonight, Olivia paid me a huge compliment and I'm ...

... be replaced in 2012, but I will be gone by then since the State Department policy is that all diplomatic personnel rotate every 2 years. We don't want any of our nationals to go "local". Morocco was the first country to recognize the US after the Declaration of Independence. In the late 18th century, the Barbary pirates, generally harbored at fortified Rabat, were so successful that Britain ...