A Short Update

J and I had been hoping to post a bit more regularly than we have been. Personallly, I am still hoping for that. But for the present moment, it looks like we'll mostly be getting people caught up over the weekend. This post should help you understand why:

Turtles! I love the souq here.



What My Day Looks Like:

6:30- Wake up and go through morning ablutions.

7:00- Eat Breakfast (compliments of our hotel). Includes fresh sqeezed orange juice (seriously, he makes it in the other room), tea (fantastic!), and peach or strawberry jelly on fresh bread (Last two mornings, it was still warm).

7:40- Leave for school in a grand taxi (Mercedes stuffed with six passengers and a driver).

8:00- Arrive at our stop. Begin Walking.
8:20- Arrive at our school.
8:30- Class begins.
10:30- Much needed break (with more fantastic tea provided by the school).
11:00- Class resumes.
12:30- Class ends. J and I share lunch of tagine and bread at the school.
13:00- (Weird system, isn't it) Leave from school.
13:40- Arrive back at hotel. Study.

15:00- Run errands. Bring back food, water. Look fruitlessly (so far) for a place to exchange Turkish Lira for Moroccan Dirham.

17:00- Return to hotel. Shower Immediately

17:15- Begin studying. Occassional blogging.

18:00- Supper of health shakes and bread (made that day).

18:30- Go to one of the two churches in Rabat (optional).

20:00- Return to hotel. Resume studying.

21:00- Much needed downtime.

22:30- Lose consciousness in order to repeat the process.

As you can see, there isn't a lot of time in there for blogging. I'm hoping that as my Arabic improves (and it will, I've hardly touched it all summer, and I'm paying the price now) more time will be freed up for other endeavors.

In the meantime, classes are still going very well, and we're both learning a great deal. I'll write in more detail on that over the weekend.