Despite everyone’s advice to the contrary, I went to Casablanca for the weekend with some of the gang from school. I had been warned by my professors, program leaders, and host family that Casa is noisy, crowded, and rife with crime. However, with trains running from Rabat every half hour, at the cost of only [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 24, 2008
Morockin’
I haven’t had much time for updating since being in Rabat. I’m settled in with my host family, near the Tour Hassan in the north of the city. I’m mostly busy taking classes and trying to learn Arabic. My greatest success came when I was able to flag down the number 58 bus. Also, [...]
January 10, 2008
Mohammad VI water skis his way into the hearts of a nation
I leave for Morocco in just over 48 hours, and, with all my last-minute preparation, I’ve had little time to worry about the trip. I’ve scotch-guarded my new Nikes, checked up on succession issues in Monaco, and turned 21. I really couldn’t be expected to do anything else.
A lot of my free time for these [...]
January 6, 2008
Two-thousand-and-great: Pretty great already
I’m headed to Casablanca in exactly one week and, as a final hurrah in our fine nation, I’ve taken a brief but bountiful road trip with Josh Kramer. After a glorious New Year’s, ringing in two-thousand-and-great in Brooklyn with former housemates Greg and Will, we stopped in Philadelphia to pick up Josh’s high school chum [...]
