Lessons of all kinds

Today was morning lessons on Islam and Arabic culture with Mohamed. We had lessons on this in Iowa and at our visit to the Iowa City Mosque, so we had a good foundation and had some good questions. We will continue tomorrow. This afternoon at Khadiga’s we met Sarah, a Peace Corps volunteer who has been here nearly a year. It was good to hear about her experiences and her volunteer work. The weather is still quite warm so we spend our afternoons in “siesta” at Khadiga’s, playing games with her daughters and having tea and conversation and naps. We played Uno to learn our colors in Arabic. It is a lovely way to pass the time. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1zaIlLdZVN4SOZQlRF0jdVLHwORO4zbJ5
It is quite warm for this area of Morocco, over 100 degrees a few days in a row. Today is was down to 98 and we felt so refreshed! We are adapting and taking care to hydrate often. Late in the afternoon, after the heat passes, is when things become more active. Then it is late in the evening, after dinner, that everyone comes out for a stroll or shopping. Whole families are out until 11pm or later. That is the most social time and we also walk to the shops for Ice cream. Pictures below show Khadiga pouring traditional tea. Then a typical lunch, the main meal: soup with lentils, beef tagine, pasta salad and beet salad and or course, bread. 

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Today we taught some English lessons at

Assanad and then we were invited to one of the student’s home for dinner. We had tea and harira- traditional Moroccan soup. Malak’s mother is a midwife so we talked with her about women’s health. And her grandparents were both former teachers and so welcoming to us. 

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Tomorrow afternoon we leave for our weekend in Chefchouen, the beautiful blue city to the north. 

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