Morocco May 3
So since I last talked to people, I've come back to Kinetra. The cyber cafes, at least in my current case, are cheaper here. I planned to leave Rabat Friday evening, but my host mother received some American students from Spain and I felt obligated to stay at least till the morning to help translate (they knew Spanish, but no French or Arabic to speak of). Saturday morning I attended an English class (my friend's brother teaches it) and had a discussion with the students to collect some final data before beginning my analysis, which is what I've been up to this morning until I came here to write you this email. But anyway...Saturday after the discussion we took the bus back to Himi's house and took it easy most of the day. At night Himi, Fadil (Himi's good friend) and I had a little dance party at Fadil's house, which was much needed. Sunday afternoon was spent at the beach here called Mahdia. No sun at first, but we swam anyway because it was also much needed. At the end of the day we were all in quite good spirits. Yesterday (Monday) I washed clothes Moroccan style, with no washing machine, because--as you might have guessed--it was much needed. The evening brought Harira (essentially tomato soup full of things like chickpeas and pasta) and then impromptu music; Himi and his brothers made percussion with bowls and spoons and a plastic stool and I danced until I was red in the face and we were all laughing hysterically. I will miss those opportunities the most, I think. Anyway, now I need to get back to work, rewarding myself occasionally with the small portions of cream cheese I just realized exist here. Mmmm, cream cheese.
My thoughts are with those of you having final exams right now. Karen and Kristin, my thoughts are also with you, because I know you are going through some tough times. To everyone, I'm sorry I'm out of touch with you all. It's kind of a necessary condition of being here. I look forward to being home again and sharing stories of the past two months. Write me! Maureen, you did write me, and I thank you; it's good to hear from the Media Library now and then. So off I go
Best wishes and all that stuff
Greta
posted by Greta @ 7:00 AM
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