Hey Everyone!! Sorry it has been so long. It has been a crazy Spring Break!! I loved it. I have 3 new blogs about the different sections of my Spring Break. Hope that Easter treated everyone well!! 
Well on Thursday, April 2 we left for Algeciras. It is a coastal town of Spain. This is where we met our tour guides for Morocco.
On Friday we took a ferry to Africa. Yeah we are that close to Africa!! We came into the port of Tanger. The first thing we did was go to the open-air market. We picked up some snacks for the trip. Then we went to a center that helps single women. There we met up with some students studying English. We were able to ask them questions about their lives and Morocco. A couple interesting things are: to come as a missionary to Morocco is illegal and punishable; it is illegal for Moroccans to talk bad about God, the king, and the country; for a Moroccan to leave the country it is nearly impossible, it might cost them 400 euro (about $600) to just get a VISA to leave their own country not in
cluding a VISA to get into another country and travel expenses; they have 2 national languages Arabic and French, however, the Arabic that they speak and write are different. I learned some Moroccan Arabic. Shukran=thank you, b’slammah=good-bye, salum uualikum=hello. Then we got to ride CAMELS!!! They are awesome. The best part of the trip, for sure!! We then went to Rabat and met our host families. They were so nice. How they eat: there is a bowl with meatballs, potatoes, etc in the center and you take pieces of your bread and grab it out of the bowl.
Saturday, we did some touring of ruins in the morning. We ate with our host families for lunch. In the afternoon we met up with some kids how are studying English and they showed u
s around the town of Rabat. What they do for fun and stuff. We went to a pool bar and played pool. Later that afternoon, a girl from Full-Bright Scholar doing a study on abortion in Morocco and a Peace Corp guy from Morocco told us about what they do there. Then we went to a Hammam. It is a public bath that they go to at least once a week. It’s interesting that is for sure.
Sunday, we went to a small village and talked (through a translator of course) to the people there. It was way up in the mountains and had a beautiful view. Then that night we went to Chefchaouen. It is a town in the middle of the mountains. Pretty touristy. I ate SNAILS!! They are actually pretty good, but you can see their little eyes and mouths, a little creepy when you are going to eat them.
Monday, we left to go to Ceuta, a Spanish city in Africa. We had to walk across the border. We literally had to push-and-shove our way to the front of the line to cross. It took almost 2hrs!! It was awful, but because we were Americans we actually made it through fast!! I can’t imagine waiting that long and then being denied to cross and then coming back the next day to do it again.
Well on Thursday, April 2 we left for Algeciras. It is a coastal town of Spain. This is where we met our tour guides for Morocco.
On Friday we took a ferry to Africa. Yeah we are that close to Africa!! We came into the port of Tanger. The first thing we did was go to the open-air market. We picked up some snacks for the trip. Then we went to a center that helps single women. There we met up with some students studying English. We were able to ask them questions about their lives and Morocco. A couple interesting things are: to come as a missionary to Morocco is illegal and punishable; it is illegal for Moroccans to talk bad about God, the king, and the country; for a Moroccan to leave the country it is nearly impossible, it might cost them 400 euro (about $600) to just get a VISA to leave their own country not in
cluding a VISA to get into another country and travel expenses; they have 2 national languages Arabic and French, however, the Arabic that they speak and write are different. I learned some Moroccan Arabic. Shukran=thank you, b’slammah=good-bye, salum uualikum=hello. Then we got to ride CAMELS!!! They are awesome. The best part of the trip, for sure!! We then went to Rabat and met our host families. They were so nice. How they eat: there is a bowl with meatballs, potatoes, etc in the center and you take pieces of your bread and grab it out of the bowl.Saturday, we did some touring of ruins in the morning. We ate with our host families for lunch. In the afternoon we met up with some kids how are studying English and they showed u
s around the town of Rabat. What they do for fun and stuff. We went to a pool bar and played pool. Later that afternoon, a girl from Full-Bright Scholar doing a study on abortion in Morocco and a Peace Corp guy from Morocco told us about what they do there. Then we went to a Hammam. It is a public bath that they go to at least once a week. It’s interesting that is for sure.Sunday, we went to a small village and talked (through a translator of course) to the people there. It was way up in the mountains and had a beautiful view. Then that night we went to Chefchaouen. It is a town in the middle of the mountains. Pretty touristy. I ate SNAILS!! They are actually pretty good, but you can see their little eyes and mouths, a little creepy when you are going to eat them.
Monday, we left to go to Ceuta, a Spanish city in Africa. We had to walk across the border. We literally had to push-and-shove our way to the front of the line to cross. It took almost 2hrs!! It was awful, but because we were Americans we actually made it through fast!! I can’t imagine waiting that long and then being denied to cross and then coming back the next day to do it again.
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