In Morocco!

We are currently at what I believe to be an out of session boarding school in Rabat's sister city, Sale.  Despite having been here for only 2 full days, we are already learning quite a bit of Darija (the Moroccan dialect of Arabic). The food here is delicious and the people very friendly and helpful. Every meal turns into an informal Arabic lesson with whoever is sitting with us.  We have eaten several tajines, a traditional Moroccan meal with different meat and veggies cooked in a beautiful cone-lidded ceramic dish.

Tomorrow we will be visiting the US embassy in Rabat and meeting our host families with whom we will be staying from then on.  At some point tomorrow we will also be getting a tour of the city and visiting the school where we will be studying Arabic.