Last Sunday, we went into Fes to meet up with Toby's sister Emma. She was visiting a few places in Europe and able to benefit from the €20 flights from Rome to Fes (ahem. Reread that and plan your next vacation accordingly)
We all and up to Taounate and she got a chance to see our site, how we live, the people we hang out with, and a little bit more about Peace Corps life (the summary there: we've gotten really cheap).
While in Taounate, we took Emma to have lunch with one of our favorite families. We expected just a normal lunch with amazing food and a lot of talking about the differences between America and Morocco and them telling her to stay longer. Well this one definitely had all that, but with some extra added funzies.
Fatima, the mom, gave her some dried figs, made us all a chocolate cake, did both of our henna, and gave her a beautiful new jelleba. It was a lovely lunch and an amazing representation of the hospitality we see from Moroccans every day.
From Taounate we took the bus to Casablanca (it's only a little over 6 hours!). While we were there for business (we took the Foreign Service Officer Test), we still had a chance to explore the city and find a few familiar tastes.
This was our first real time in Casablanca (yes, we landed there, but we aren't counting that hazy experience), and we weren't disappointed. It's a lovely city that really is a lot more like Europe than most of our experiences in Morocco.
It's beautiful. Right on the coast. The largest mosque in Africa and the seventh largest in the world. A cute old medina. Starbucks. A huge mall with a fish tank. Great food. All sorts of stuff.
From Casablanca, Emma continued her world travels and we went to visit friends for a few days in Tiflet before returning to Rabat for some dental work.
We'll be in Rabat for a couple days (Insha'Allah) and will return to Taounate for Toby's birthday and to, finally, get back to work!
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