Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
Shopping Day
Posted by: Staci on: July 16, 2009
I got all my souvenir shopping done today–I waited until the end so I would have a good idea of fair prices and wouldn’t go overboard. The first week everything was so new and exciting, I would have spent three times as much on dumb stuff. So I’m pretty pleased with my purchases. I was [...]
Religion
Posted by: Staci on: July 15, 2009
- In: Africa | Other
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This is kind of a re-hash of one of the prompts I had to write on today for my CORE final… It is amazing how pervasive Islam is in the everyday life of Moroccans. One of the first things I noticed when I got here was the five-times-daily call to prayer. Every neighborhood has a [...]
My Bus Station Friend
Posted by: Staci on: July 14, 2009
- In: Africa | Funny Anecdotes | Travel Plans
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Arabic yesterday was just abysmal. I am so grateful that today is my last session (except for the final tomorrow). I don’t think I’m going to continue it when I get back to the US, and I am very OK with that. Whenever school ends, regardless of whether it was a good semester or a [...]
Weekend Adventure #3
Posted by: Staci on: July 12, 2009
- In: Africa | Tourism | Traveling
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Crowded Buses. Tents. Camels. Read on… After class on Thursday we went to the train station and got tickets to Meknes. The train had little compartments just like Harry Potter!! Some old guys were amused by my Beginning Arabic textbook. Three hours later, we arrived in Meknes (around 4PM) and got bus tickets to Rissani… [...]
School and Home Life
Posted by: Staci on: July 8, 2009
- In: Africa | School
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Can’t really write a lot here because I’m working on my last paper of the summer (Yay! For it being the last one, that is. Not for having to work on it) about drought and agriculture in Morocco. Riveting. But I do get to talk about climate change which is rad. Anyway, my dad requested [...]
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