Not your average couscous Friday.

As we've said before, couscous is a big deal here on Fridays. However, as Alexis is still working on becoming a full-fledged Moroccan wife/chef, we still eat our couscous with other families. This is also a pretty good way to meet other families and become Taounati (of Taounate). 

This week, our host-mom wasn't able to make couscous because she works as a cook for big events in town (weddings, new baby parties, etc). So, we accepted a couscous free week and ate lunch at home before heading out for the day. Or so we thought!

We went to Anass' cafe for some coffee before work and, right as we sat down, his best friend brought by a heapin' helpin' of fresh made couscous. We each had a little (I dare you to pass up a plate of Moroccan couscous), and were talking to Anass and Karim when another one of their friends came by. After a couple more minutes, we were sitting at our small cafe table and eating couscous with four people talking about what we know in Darija, teaching some English, and talking about Ramadan. 

Okay so it's not like a huge event or anything special, but it was really nice. It was also proof that the norm here is sharing and just general politeness. Karim and Anass planned on sharing their couscous with just each other, but upon seeing friends, brought out six spoons without even considering that we weren't hungry. 

Here's to more couscous Fridays. 

Bonus: here's a picture of one of our students making an awesome monkey face.