Blogs from Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco, Africa - page 4

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On Tuesday we went back to La Garderie Nour to work with the kids. It was tons of fun. In the morning we worked with the really young kids (probably age 1-3). They are so cute. We listened to the older kids recite the Koran and then we all had recess together. Recess was a lot of fun and consisted of us dancing to the Macarena and singing happy birthday. After lunch we went back to teach the older kids (age 4-10) English. There are about forty kids in this class. It was fun but I honestly was a little nervous. This age group is much harder to entertain. After school we found a cemetery overlooking the ocean. In the Islamic religion you must be buried on your right side facing towards Mecca. The cemetery was ... read more

Postanowiliśmy pół dnia spędzić na tarasie naszego riadu -gòrujacym nad dachami mediny - pozwalając małejEm gotować mietową herbatę z 5 kostkami cukru i biegać bez opamiętania, zamiast przeciskac sie miedzy motocyklami i dwukołówkami, wdychajac kurz. Dzis piątek, więc cześć biznesow zamknięta, ale za to na ulicach mediny tłok kierujący sie w stronę meczetu. Zjedlismy znow smażone rybki i o 14 pojechaliśmy na stacje kolejowa, żeby złapać pociąg do Rabatu. Tym razem z góry juz uzbrojeni w bilety 1 klasy. Pociąg jedzie 4 godziny i natychmiast po opuszczeniu miasta zaczyna sie pustynny pustostan. rosną tylko opuncje, ziemia ma kolor intensywnie pomarańczowy. Gdzieniegdzie z piachu wystaje minaret. Do Rabatu dojechaliśmy umęczeni i z opóźnieniem, w pociągu gorąco i tłoczno. Za to samo miasto już na pierwszy rzut oka wyglada elegancko - promenady, fontanny, światła. I piękny riad w ... read more

On Sep 21, 2011, I flew from Vancouver to London Stansted, Stansted to Jerez, Spain, and then from there, I was driven to Gibraltar. The Vancouver airport experience was one of the best airport experiences I’ve ever had. When I looked it up online, it turned out that it IS actually rated one of the best airports in the world. From there I flew to Stansted where I had the worst airport experience I’ve ever had. Everything was ghastly expensive. You have to pay to get your luggage weighed and luggage storage was well beyond anything I could afford. My connecting flight was the next day so at around 9:30pm, when the airport looked pretty empty, I went to sleep. When I woke up around 4am, I was so shocked to find that the airport was ... read more

So I never wrote the last blog for my final week in Morocco. It was probably because it's been so depressing to think about...The last week flew by, I was excited to go home but also dreading saying goodbye to everyone. I slept in my friends' house a few times that week and the night before I had to leave I just started bawling. I didn't know if I would ever see some of these people again. The resident director's family was about 30 people so I hugged and kissed them all goodbye and then just went home crying my eyes out. My family tried to comfort me but kept saying "stop stop you're not leaving yet!". I drew a few portraits for them the night before as a goodbye gift, which they really loved. The ... read more