Today is the Prophet's Birthday so there are no classes! We had breakfast with our host father this morning, it is the first meal he has had with us because he is often at work during meal time.
Yesterday was supposed to be my first day teaching English, but none of the students were at the school. I think it was because today is a holiday, and also because it was raining. Rain is frequently an explanation for lateness or total absence here lol.
Last weekend was a schedule excursion to Fez. We drove through the Middle Atlas on Friday, it was simply gorgeous! Nothing can compare to the landscape. Fez was an interesting place, the effects of tourism were strikingly obvious. Many of the shopkeepers spoke some English, and tourist traps were in abundance. The medina was fascinating, and huge. I wasn't on much of a shopping mission, but I purchased a pair of leather sandals and some cheap earrings. You definitely have to bargain for everything!
On Sunday we stopped at Volubilis (Walili) the Roman ruins outside of Meknes. Another gorgeous site surrounded by hills.
I hope to travel somewhere this weekend, possibly back to Meknes as we didn't have time to stop there!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
GO PACK GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Packers won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Super Bowl night at AMIDEAST was amazing! Everyone made sooo much food, and we basically just had a dance party and watched 30 Rock until the game came on. We had some problems streaming the game, but considering we were trying to watch a live football game in Africa I think everything went pretty well.
We started watching it on BBC, but then FOX cut their video for copyright issues. So I had dad set up the laptop in front of the TV at home and we just skyped the game on the projector. For the halftime show we just played itunes since we couldn't here the TV very well.
It was so much fun having everyone together!
We got a visit from Erin today. Erin was living with our host family a few years ago when she was studying in Morocco. Erin and two of her friends were evacuated from Egypt so they are staying in Morocco for a while. They may get to return to Cairo on Sunday, but they aren't sure. It was great talking with them and having dinner!
Well Fusha and Moroccan Culture are calling, layla saida!
Super Bowl night at AMIDEAST was amazing! Everyone made sooo much food, and we basically just had a dance party and watched 30 Rock until the game came on. We had some problems streaming the game, but considering we were trying to watch a live football game in Africa I think everything went pretty well.
We started watching it on BBC, but then FOX cut their video for copyright issues. So I had dad set up the laptop in front of the TV at home and we just skyped the game on the projector. For the halftime show we just played itunes since we couldn't here the TV very well.
It was so much fun having everyone together!
We got a visit from Erin today. Erin was living with our host family a few years ago when she was studying in Morocco. Erin and two of her friends were evacuated from Egypt so they are staying in Morocco for a while. They may get to return to Cairo on Sunday, but they aren't sure. It was great talking with them and having dinner!
Well Fusha and Moroccan Culture are calling, layla saida!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
AIESEC Weekend
I just got back from AIESEC National Conference! It was AMAZING! I met so many new people. I went as part of AIESEC Hassan, which is located right next to AMIDEAST in Agdal here in Rabat. Joining AIESEC was like the best decision of my entire college career. I think I am going to stay part of AIESEC Hassan this semester, they are all super fun. My favorite part was sitting with all the other AIESECers while they sang songs in Arabic all night long!
So I haven't written in the past few weeks so time for an update. Egypt is in the middle of a revolution, which has pretty much dominated the media worldwide. The students from Egypt were evacuated and about half went to Jordan, with the other half coming here to Morocco. I haven't really talked to the new students much as I was gone for the weekend and they just arrived a few days ago but they seem pretty nice. This is really going to change our classes though, which sucks sooo much!!! I think 12 new students are here, so that doubles some of our class sizes!!
We traveled to Casablanca on Monday to see the women's institute. It was really interesting. The center was a place for single mothers to become educated in a job field so they can support their child rather than having to abandon them. We met the founder of the association who told us a bunch of stories about why she started the institute, and explained how the center works. Then we went to the nursery and played with some of the kids. It was a lot of fun.
I need to get going soon, Super Bowl tonight! We are spending the night at AMIDEAST so we can watch the game when it airs. Amelia baked chocolate chip cookies and I made chili (sort of). We had to improvise on the ingredients, but everything should be great.
Peace
So I haven't written in the past few weeks so time for an update. Egypt is in the middle of a revolution, which has pretty much dominated the media worldwide. The students from Egypt were evacuated and about half went to Jordan, with the other half coming here to Morocco. I haven't really talked to the new students much as I was gone for the weekend and they just arrived a few days ago but they seem pretty nice. This is really going to change our classes though, which sucks sooo much!!! I think 12 new students are here, so that doubles some of our class sizes!!
We traveled to Casablanca on Monday to see the women's institute. It was really interesting. The center was a place for single mothers to become educated in a job field so they can support their child rather than having to abandon them. We met the founder of the association who told us a bunch of stories about why she started the institute, and explained how the center works. Then we went to the nursery and played with some of the kids. It was a lot of fun.
I need to get going soon, Super Bowl tonight! We are spending the night at AMIDEAST so we can watch the game when it airs. Amelia baked chocolate chip cookies and I made chili (sort of). We had to improvise on the ingredients, but everything should be great.
Peace
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