It's been a while since I last posted, and Uncle Tom is making me look bad with his novel-esque e-mails after only three days here.
Weekend Trips:
Essaouira: I still can't spell this without using Google, but it is a small town in the south of Morocco on the Atlantic coast. It is famous for being a favorite spot for Jimi Hendrix and Cat Stevens to meet up. There weren't many attractions here besides the beach and the seafood, but a lovely trip nonetheless. The sunset over the Atlantic:
Bensmim: This was a group sponsored trip to a tiny village in the Atlas Mountains. We were warned that the accommodations were going to be modest, but it was actually about the same as my house in Rabat, which is not saying too much. My host father was very sweet though and spoke French. My host mom only spoke Moroccan Arabic though, and I don't think she understood that we didn't speak Arabic, so she happily chatted away the entire time we were there. Sometimes it was hard to tell when she was talking to us though because we understood none of what she said, and her eyes didn't point in the same direction, so she might think we were very rude.
Some pictures (and proof that I have friends here!):
This past weekend I stayed in Rabat and slept in for the first time in a while. This weekend I will be in Dakar, Senegal with Uncle Tom, and the next weekend I will be in Granada, Spain!
