After a weekend exploring colorful markets, visiting medieval sites, and watching the sun rise and set over the Medina, I knew I wanted to spend a semester in Fes, Morocco. I was on an Alternative …
Morocco
A Fourth Continent: This Time for Africa
It seems like I haven’t had a moment to catch my breath. When my flight from Poland landed, I went directly from the airport to choir rehearsal in preparation for our concert the following day. …
Habibi and more about Morocco
My friend Liz and I went on the We Love Spain Morocco Fantasy Weekend this past weekend (3/13-3-15). We had a great time playing with monkeys, riding camels, and experiencing all that is morocco. First …
goodbye Morocco
Today, I’m beginning my last week in Morocco. Four months was a long time to be away from home, but I’ve learned a lot and changed for the better. I’ve seen sights I’ve only dreamed …
Trip to the Sahara
As I was laying on a mountain in the Sahara made of billions and billions of grains of sand in the middle of the night looking up at the Milky Way, shining more clearly than …
Homestay
For the time that I’ve been here in Morocco, I’ve been living with a homestay family. There are five of us in the family: a brother, sister, mother and father, as well as an old, …
Surviving a sandstorm
After two showers, I am still finding orange Saharan sand in my ears and hair. It spilled out of my Arabic notebook when I opened it in class this morning. The good news is, it’s …
Crossing Cultures
As part of the Classroom Connections program I am participating in, I’ve been communicating with a high school class in Madison, Wisconsin. As the students are currently doing a unit on “The Art of Crossing …
The Smells of Fez
Morocco is a land of color, culture, beauty and history. But without a doubt, it is a country of smells – smells that I fondly consider a part of my life here. I wake up …
First Days in My New World
I’m a week into my life in this new, surreal world. I arrived a few days earlier than the other students, and arriving in Fez, Morocco by myself was probably the most catastrophic and rewarding …