MOROCCO | Monday, 16 Jun 2014 | Views [430]
The zeroeth room of the Hammam is just like any changing room in the U.S., with one notable exception: you don't exactly change in there. You take off all of your clothing except your underwear and, at the end of your visit, you put on all new clothing.... Read more >
Tags: hammam, moroccan customs
MOROCCO | Monday, 16 Jun 2014 | Views [342]
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
MOROCCO | Monday, 16 Jun 2014 | Views [362]
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
MOROCCO | Friday, 13 Jun 2014 | Views [402]
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
MOROCCO | Friday, 13 Jun 2014 | Views [429]
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
MOROCCO | Thursday, 12 Jun 2014 | Views [322]
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
MOROCCO | Thursday, 12 Jun 2014 | Views [409]
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
MOROCCO | Wednesday, 11 Jun 2014 | Views [385]
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
MOROCCO | Tuesday, 10 Jun 2014 | Views [508] | 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
FRANCE | Sunday, 8 Jun 2014 | Views [380]
My goal for this (and really, most) trips is that it will be a learning experience. And I'm learning so much already! Lesson 1: $400 is a really good price to upgrade to business class. If I didn't believe my family when they told me that, watching the ... Read more >
Tags: food, plane
USA | Friday, 6 Jun 2014 | Views [228]
At the moment that a trip out of the country switches from being in the dreaming future to being real and imminent, I begin wondering if it's too late to back out. There's something about setting aside a shirt that I know I will not wear until ... Read more >
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