September 17
Hi !
So we arrived yesterday in Fes and our now staying together in a riad in the medina until Friday when we move into our homestay families. Fes is much more like what I thought Morocco would be like in terms of the smells and colors. The medina is the old city and composed of a maze of houses of traditional clay, cement and tile with winding tiny streets I don't think I will ever be able to navigate. Last night we visited Dar Roumana which is a beautiful traditional moroccan dar restored by a wonderful american couple. The couple actually invited us to dinner, which was not only absolutely delicious, but so nice of them to do for us! They served their spin off of a typical moroccan ramadan "breaking the fast" meal which is their "breakfast" during ramadan even though its at night because its their first meal of the day after fasting all day. Although we are not fasting its interesting to take part in this meal as a part of understanding and taking part in moroccan culture and tradtions. Today we had our first arabic lesson, which we actually just finished. We learned greetings like hello, how are you, whats your name, where are you from... and then we learned some phrases that will be helpful in our homestays like "I'm full or where is this..." Now all I have to do is try to remember it all which is definitely going to be difficult for me haha. Well thats all for now.
More to come soon!
Lindsay