Today we depart. My first departure was from my home stay in the morning. I had baguettes again, but was pleasantly surprised when Fatima brought out pastries! I ate breakfast while packing and working on the internet situation. The wifi stick still isn't working, so I will need to look into after this weekend.
Arabic class was as fun as it is every day. We also had our second quiz. This was followed by lunch at ALIF with Lla MJ. Afterwards, I withdrew some money and fidgeted my way through Prof. Sadiqi's class.
When 4 o'clock rolled around, we ran out of ALIF to catch the 4:50 train to Marrakesh. We made our way through the slight downpour to the train station in 15 minutes and we're able to get some dinner before boarding the train. We got 8 seats together in 2 booths of 4 in 2nd class. The train ride was long (4:50 - 12:00 am), but it was fun to all hang out, talk, sleep, and eat. I read The Year of the Elephant on the train because we are discussing it next week in Lla MJ's class. That's the 5th book I've read since I got here!
We rolled into the Marrakesh station at midnight on the dot. It is a gorgeous train station, complete with a KFC. We took taxis to the main square, Jma el Fn, because our hostel was less than a two minute walk from there. The square is huge and always full of people. There are over a hundred food stands set up like make-shift restaurants in the middle of the square and they were still bustling at 12:30 at night. I stopped by one while Ariel and I waited for the other cabs to show up and had some delicious lamb. We moved into our hostel just before 1. Our ten person bunk room is a little cramped but the hostel is nice. Time to rest up before tomorrow's adventures!
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