Today I had more toast. Yes, for those of you who have been keeping track, I have had something other than baguette for breakfast every day for more than a week now. What a game-changer.
We had a tricky quiz in Arabic class today, which was made even harder because we didn’t know we were going to have one. I think I did well though by cramming effectively. We had lunch at ALIF today, our weekly lunch with Lla MJ to check in and catch-up.
Class in the afternoon was long. Even though we’ve been doing this 5-hours-a-day schedule for a couple weeks now, I don’t think any of us will ever get used to it. It’s hard to believe I used to do 7+ hour days of class in high school, but I think the 45 minute classes (my attention span) and the variety of subject material covered in a single day made it more feasible. Sitting in one subject for over an hour and a half is just unbearable.
We went to Café Scorpion this afternoon to hang out and plan the upcoming weekend. We decided not to go to Jazzablanca in Casablanca because the price of tickets did not mirror the amount of love we have for the artists we would be seeing. Instead, there are two groups of us going to Chefchaouen, a city in the Rif mountains. It’s one of theplaces to visit while you’re in Morocco because the entire city is painted blue. If you don’t believe me, copy and paste the name into Google Images (trust me, you won’t be able to spell it correctly). It was also closed to all foreigners until the 1920 when the Spanish took it over. Only three foreigners (all of whom disguised themselves) had been within the city walls before that. Marissa, Elle, and I are going on Friday morning, doing an all day hike on Saturday, and coming back on Sunday, while the other group is going on Friday morning and coming back on Saturday.
While in the café, I skyped with Maddie for 20 minutes. While not the longest conversation, it was nice to catch-up with her. They went to a farm in the countryside all weekend where they rode horses and did some other fun gaucho things. She’s excited because she and a group of friends just booked a trip to see the Moreno glaciers and visit El Calafate during their week-long break.
I went home for a diner of meatballs and soup. I read some Scar Tissue and watched the first 45 minutes of the 4th Pirates of the Carribbean movie before going to bed. Tomorrow we have an interview with the author Leila Abouzeid in the morning and no class in the afternoon so we are all excited to start the weekend early.
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