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Sat, 26 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [435]
When we walked out of the train station and into Rabat, I commented that it felt much cooler. It always felt cooler in Rabat than it did wherever else we visited.
“That's because it's hooome,” Natasha said. I breathed in the ... Read more >
Tags: endings, marina bay, music, school
Sat, 26 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [490]
Our first priority upon reaching the trains station was to get tickets back to Rabat. This proved trickier than it seemed. The machines wouldn't work, then finally told us there weren't enough seats. We decided to try standing in line to see if ... Read more >
Tags: beach, ftour, spain, tangiers, train
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [527]
Without mule riding to go to, we got up at 9, ate breakfast, and got a taxi to the bus station. Natasha and I could both use an ATM, so after we bought our bus tickets we left Nathan and Cynthia with the bags and went off to find one.
Nathan ... Read more >
Tags: atm, bus, taxi, transportation
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [350]
While we were eating lunch, the woman who did pretty much all interactions with us at the auberge came over and told us that we weren't going to be able to ride mules today because it was too hot out. We asked if it would work to go the next day ... Read more >
Tags: blue, communism, olive oil, shopping, stars, yarn
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [585]
On Saturday morning, we got up for breakfast at 8:30. They brought out orange juice and coffee and Moroccan tea. If it weren't for the orange juice and tea, the fly in the coffee would have been even more upsetting than it was. They also had a ... Read more >
Tags: books, flowers, hiking, mountains, rocks, streams, waterfall
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [415]
On Friday, we finished class and went to the train station. Specifically, we arrived for class, I realized that I'd managed to miss the combination of Facebook message/in-person conversation and left my bag at my house whereas everyone else had ... Read more >
Tags: auberge, bus, food, taxi, travel
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [572]
After class on Wednesday, we met up with Nisrine and followed her through the quiet residential area to the office for the Fulbright group. As we were walking in, someone behind us recognized Nisrine and told her (and, by extension, us) to go in, ... Read more >
Tags: fulbright, research, strikes, teaching, university
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [505]
The Moroccan consensus on Rabat, at least among people of our age, tends to be that it is a boring city.
From the ftour on the beach:
Fati (who has lived her entire life in Rabat): “What do you think of Rabat?”
Us: “It's nice.... Read more >
Tags: film, school, taxi, transportation, travel
Mon, 21 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [402]
As politics class was ending, it became increasingly difficult to ignore the noises outside. I've gotten relatively used to the occasional honking. And by “occasional honking' I mean “occasionally there will be a solid minute of honking.... Read more >
Tags: absuridsm, cars, king, music, queen, waiting
Mon, 21 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [2103]
On the syllabus for poli sci, there was a 8-10 page paper that counted for 20% of our grade. The good news is that by the time the teacher got around to describing it, the paper had dropped down from 8-10 pages to only 5. The bad news is that by ... Read more >
Tags: notebook, papers, pens, presentation, school
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [481]
On Saturday, we arranged to meet at 1:00 for more shopping. Nathan did not come with us, despite the fact that his plan for the day was also to do some miscellaneous shopping. Just not djellabas.
Megan had talked with Nisrine, who had given ... Read more >
Tags: djellabah, pockets, spice, tea, turtles
Tue, 15 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [1282]
After ftour on Friday, we met at Marina Bay because really, where else would we go? We initially got two tables, but when none of us ordered food, they took one of them away. The restaurant was still pretty non-crowded (it's never been as crowded ... Read more >
Tags: beach, bets, carnival, casbah, marina bay, moroccan
Mon, 14 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [395]
On Thursday, we were invited (several days in advance) to join Oussama at his house for Ftour. We told our host families we would be going out that night and waited around at the IES Center until 7. Fatima did come by to lock up, but this time ... Read more >
Tags: books, food, gnomes, presentations
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [341]
On Wednesday, I tried to go to lit class at 10:45. Normally by then, Natasha and Cynthia's poli sci professor is long gone, so it's just the two of them talking about Tumblr and other things they've found on the Internet. On Wednesday, however, ... Read more >
Tags: field trip, immigration, sewing, teaching
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [279]
There's a saying that I've heard several times- “Life is a hard a teacher. She always gives the test first and the lesson afterwards.” That's how I've felt about Darija class. First we go home to our host families, and only later learn ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, marina bay, test
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