After running on only few hours of sleep for forty some odd hours, straight caffine, rapidly swelling feet, a plane with a broken wing (only a slight exaggeration), and three hours worth of driving, we have arrived safely here in Essaouira. The stop in Casablanca had us slightly worried as they kicked us off of the plane and didn't give us any instructions on where to go... too bad we can't read Arabic! I think mom was stetched beyond her comfort zone getting into a plane with not one English word to be seen. What little french we know seems to be coming in handy, it turns out that we can understand a great deal more than we thought. All of the trouble getting here was worth it, even though we arrived at night, it still
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