One month

Hello from Meknes!

We have been in Meknes for the last two days for a regional Hub training with half of the new PCTs in Morocco. It's been an information filled couple of days - safety and security, lesson planning, reporting forms, and so on. And there's the added bonus of a nice hotel, hot water, indoor heating, and a chance to explore a slightly bigger city than our homestay. 

Meknes is a gorgeous city and we can't wait to come back when we have a few more days- but we did get to see a few things. 

Here's sunset on our first night from our hotel room. 

This is the biggest door in North Africa! Apparently, during the day, there are snake charmers outside for our viewing pleasure. The door is right across the street from the old medina which had a ton of restaurants and stores (which will be delightful in the day time, but we got there too late). We did get pulled into a great restaurant and had a pizza and a Big Mag (that's not a typo) to celebrate being in a city. 

We also found...

McDonald's! Fun fact: Moroccan McDonald's is expensive. But the kit-kat McFlurry was worth it. 

If you find yourself scoffing at our food choices, we are too. It felt strange considering ordering Moroccan food in Meknes because our host mom is the greatest cook ever and it would, obviously, never live up to our newly high standards. 

Today, February 14th is also our one month anniversary of getting to Morocco! (Also a happy birthday shout out to the great state of Oregon!)

Time is, once again, proving to be a crazy concept. We're slightly conversational (about very specific conversations) in Darija, we taught our first lesson at a Dar Chebab, have gone shopping at our weekly souq, and all sorts of other things. 

March 4th we find out where our home for the next two years will be, so we're all anxiously awaiting the next few weeks.