16 Days Until Departure!

! مرحبا

Hello!

I can't believe that in 16 days I'll be on a plane to Morocco. Just thought I'd let you all know what my trip will look like. The study abroad location is in Rabat, Morocco where we'll be studying at Amideast--a school in the center of the city. I'll be taking 2 French courses and 1 Arabic course

--let's hope I remember my Arabic from 101/102...

We'll all be staying with host families near Amideast. Anyway, so apart from classes 4-5 days a week, we'll be traveling on weekends. Here's a sample of what we'll see and do:

-Marrakech

-Climb sand dunes in the desert

-A visit to a Berber village

-Fes (the cultural capital)

-Meknes (imperial city)

-Volubilis (Roman ruins)

-Casablanca (economic capital)

-Tangier & Tetouan (on the Mediterranean Sea)

-Atlas Mountains

-Camel riding??

And who knows what else!

...And of course the trip to Casablanca wouldn't be complete without stopping at Rick's café!

(Insert typical Humphrey Bogart line here)

I'll try to keep the blog updated as I go through my travels as long as there's internet--which I know there will be at the school, but other than that, I'm not sure. Alright, well, signing off for now.

A plus tard.