I miss home. Well, not really. Kinda. But we're having so much fun here that it hasn't really hit me yet! Monday was the start of FusHa, after learning Darija for a week it was like a slap in the face! I knew nothing that our Ustath was saying, it took me a while to get used to listening to Modern Standard instead of the dialect. FusHa is a lot easier to pronounce than Darija though because it actually has vowels. In Darija, Fahmt is a word....try saying that ten times fast!
After school on Monday we all decided to go to the Souk again! There was twelve of us, so we had to take three different taxis to the tram station. (The taxis only take 3 people each) John, Mobasshir, and I took the last taxi, arrived at the tram station, and didn't see any of our group. After a few frantic calls, we found out that the taxi drivers had decided to take the rest of the group to the medina! Ya allah! They were ok though, so John, Mobasshir, Tarek (another Ustath at our school), and I decided to wait for the tram to go downtown instead of taking another taxi. This turned into almost an hour decision, but eventually we met up with the rest of the goup.
After this ordeal Mobasshir and I headed off to find deals on everything and anything that we saw. We actually bought some congratulations jewlery for Emily, our group leader, because she recently became engaged! We didn't find too many things for the prices we wanted, but we were fine with that because we learned more about what we wanted.
When we decided to head back home, we wanted to meet up with the group and take the bus back together. Mobasshir and I navigated through the labyrinth of streets that made up the Medina and eventually found our way to the modern part of the city. From here we called the other group to find out where they were, using a big green building next to us as a landmark.CJ picked up, but told us that he saw no green buildings anywhere near him! As we looked for another landmark for them to use to locate us, Patrick found us! It turns out that the whole group was only 20 feet away, CJ included! CJ told us that technically the building was green and white and that describing a building as green, even when all other buildings are white and brown and half as tall as our green building, is too vauge of a description. We have never been able to convince him otherwise, but now we know how to give CJ directions!
Check out these two videos that we shot in the Souk! Sorry I havn't posted in a while, we've had a lot of work today. Insha'allah I will make another post tonight or tomorrow, describing the calligraphy classes that we are taking as well as the Cookoff between Moroccans and Americans! Ma'salama!
The Souk! Look at all of the things being sold and the amount of people! The streets are always packed!
After school on Monday we all decided to go to the Souk again! There was twelve of us, so we had to take three different taxis to the tram station. (The taxis only take 3 people each) John, Mobasshir, and I took the last taxi, arrived at the tram station, and didn't see any of our group. After a few frantic calls, we found out that the taxi drivers had decided to take the rest of the group to the medina! Ya allah! They were ok though, so John, Mobasshir, Tarek (another Ustath at our school), and I decided to wait for the tram to go downtown instead of taking another taxi. This turned into almost an hour decision, but eventually we met up with the rest of the goup.
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After this ordeal Mobasshir and I headed off to find deals on everything and anything that we saw. We actually bought some congratulations jewlery for Emily, our group leader, because she recently became engaged! We didn't find too many things for the prices we wanted, but we were fine with that because we learned more about what we wanted.
When we decided to head back home, we wanted to meet up with the group and take the bus back together. Mobasshir and I navigated through the labyrinth of streets that made up the Medina and eventually found our way to the modern part of the city. From here we called the other group to find out where they were, using a big green building next to us as a landmark.CJ picked up, but told us that he saw no green buildings anywhere near him! As we looked for another landmark for them to use to locate us, Patrick found us! It turns out that the whole group was only 20 feet away, CJ included! CJ told us that technically the building was green and white and that describing a building as green, even when all other buildings are white and brown and half as tall as our green building, is too vauge of a description. We have never been able to convince him otherwise, but now we know how to give CJ directions!
Check out these two videos that we shot in the Souk! Sorry I havn't posted in a while, we've had a lot of work today. Insha'allah I will make another post tonight or tomorrow, describing the calligraphy classes that we are taking as well as the Cookoff between Moroccans and Americans! Ma'salama!
The Souk! Look at all of the things being sold and the amount of people! The streets are always packed!
Colt, I think you should get a cap like Mobasshir's!
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