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Mon, 16 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [183]
Without needing to go to Casablanca for vaccination, my morning (and most of the afternoon) was nice and quiet. I ate a nice breakfast with my host mother and Saida, gave her my laundry so it would be done when I got back at the end of the weekend ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, classmates, food
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [180]
I'd figured that my host father had simply been one day off in terms of when he needed to pick us up. But the next day, he was waiting for Erika and I. He motioned for us to go ahead, and followed us at some distance, watching.
At times ... Read more >
Tags: food, lost, mdina, school
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [193]
We arrived at the center on Wednesday a little nervous about what to expect. Everyone who was taking the politics class was nervous about not having quite finished the reading, or maybe finished but not read it as thoroughly and with as much focus ... Read more >
Tags: exploring, food, school
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [238]
The shower is the first thing that I look at and think “I need to put up with this for seven weeks?”
Take a typical half-bath, maybe a little wider than normal and with a decent window sill. Shrink the sink so that you can move it into ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, food, host family, house
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [178]
During breakfast Monday morning, someone made the comment that she was excited for classes to start. By the end of the day, I certainly agreed. My host family and Rabat were both so unfamiliar, I wanted something that I could understand again. And ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, literature, school
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [216]
Not since Rome have I been so sure that I was going to get run over. In Rome it was the fault of the drivers. Here, it's because the pedestrians are insane.
I'd noticed that a little bit with my walk with Nathan and Erika Sunday, and then a bit more ... Read more >
Tags: food, gardens, moroccan students, school, tour
Wed, 11 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [232]
The next day, my roommate and I woke up in time to be showered, dressed, packed, and leaving for breakfast by 9:00. We came to find that everyone else had beaten us to the breakfast room, though not by too much. (We were supposed to leave at 9:30.) ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, food, host family, moroccan customs
Tue, 10 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [241] | Comments [1]
I'd never flown to Paris before, so I had no idea what the Charles deGaulle airport was like. This might have been good if I'd been in a “I wonder what's at the end of this hallway” sort of mood. Since I was instead in a “Please let ... Read more >
Tags: airports, food, program
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By ewe_beaut | Views [78]
Before I embarked on a solo trip to Morocco, around Easter this year I was loaded with tonnes of safety information, given to me by friends and other travellers. I must admit that many people were really surprised to hear I was about to go there on my ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By iamypaterson | Photo Gallery
Essaouira, Marrakech, Agadir
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Tue, 20 May 2014 | By movements | Views [486] | Scholarship Entry
Where is Victor? He said he would show me the way. He said he would help me to see. He said: "Be careful, this place exists and it does not at the same time." But now, what can I do? I just walk, and I don't know where I go. But suddenly I feel that ... Read more >
Mon, 19 May 2014 | By semou | Views [92]
Leaving the station, we were enclosed into a long blustery road. The air coming through the open trucks window brought a nonstop traffic noise. We drove on in a burning sun and sweet begun to roll of me in layers. After an hour of drive, the car came ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By journalsofaamr | Views [95] | Scholarship Entry
I'll never forget the day my dad took us to this mysterious place in marrakesh , it wasn't our first time to visit this beautiful city , but this one was definitely the best of all our trips ,it's true that we experienced a lot of thing there like the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kckenza | Views [78] | Scholarship Entry
When we first arrived in the little town, we couldn’t really see the desert. At least, what we could see didn’t look like a desert. As our little group approached the edge of the desert in off-road Jeeps, our view worsened in a turn of events for which ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By iamypaterson | Views [132] | Scholarship Entry
The naked woman beckons to me from the end of the passageway. Clutching my towel to my chest with one hand, I use the other to awkwardly lean down and pick up my bucket before shuffling towards her. Wrought iron lanterns illuminate the path ahead with ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
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