Hello again all,
Finally got internet in the classroom place (called the CCCL). Am in the process of getting an internet modem so I can have it at all times.

Fun things:
Leonardo Di Caprio is apparantly in Tangier.....I'll prolly be hitting that up
Guys hold hands here as friends
60% of all beggars are not needy
The King has a 91% approval rate....WOW
Black Hawk Down was filmed in Sale (the town across the river from Rabat)
The ocean view property is cheaper than the rest....for some strange reason
Playing soccer on this beach is incredible because the sand is hard enough to run on....but the girls here aren't very good....and I don't think it's that good to play with boys you don't know..
Me on the beach

My Adventure at the Carnival:
There are NO LINES for rides in Morocco, it took us 4 tries to get on the ride, I had to physically elbow a girl off of the seats, almost lost my shoe, and got hit in the face with the safety bar. But it was so worth it. This was on last Wednesday night....my nose still hurts.

My Host Family:
There is a mom and a girl, both named Fatima. They are REALLY REALLY nice.....but the food's really greasy.....kinda feel ill from it....but apparantly it's just for Ramadan. The girl speaks Fusha (higher arabic), Daraja (the Moroccan dialect) and decent french (prolly slightly better than me). The house has 3 rooms, a kitchen, and a VERY small bathroom. I have yet to see my host mother shower or brush her teeth....only saw my host sister "shower" at the public bath.

My host sister and me

Ramadan:
The food system is really weird...there's 3 meals during the night (only for Ramadan) the first one is is called فطر (futoor) and is a lot of fried stuff and soup and is at sunset. The second one is at midnight and is normally meat in a tagine (This meal is WAY to late for me). The last one is at 4:00 am.....I have yet to see this meal. Everything closes at like 5:00pm and reopens from 8:30-12:00pm. Also, they sell figs and dates everywhere and I think of when I walk through the souk (market) is "SUGAR DATES, SUGAR DATES AND FIGS!" (Aladdin style).

Also, below is a picture of a dinner we all ate together that's a traditional فطر (futoor), breaking of the fast. You start with a date, then eat an egg with cumin, sugar, and salt (delicious). Then eat the soup.
The خمام (Khamem) or Public Bath:
I never need to ever see anyone naked ever again, there were WAY TOO MUCH NAKEDNESS. This was sauna combined with shower.....I was unsure of whether I was wet and clean or just REALLY sweaty. Also I think everyone stared at me for the ENTIRE time..several kids didn't look away for probably 20 min.

Class:
We've got 3 hours of Arabic a day, then b.s. politics محاضرات (lectures) for 2 hours. These mostly consist of other people talking about how they feel about the arab world....I have learned very little in these. But I can actually catch some sentences in Diraja (lower arabic) now.

Hurray Morocco!