So now it's 2011. Happy New Year!! Hope everyone had a great time ringing in another one. We celebrated here in El Fadl, our little neighborhood.
2010: what a whopper; let's all see how 11' stacks up. I know it is counter to tradition, but I don't dig resolutions and try not to make any, but I think it is important to thank everyone who helped you in the past year. And for us, this was no ordinary one, so a big thank you to all of our friends and family, new and old who have helped us along thus far. It cannot be overstated how much easier it has made our lives to have a bunch of people show us love and support.
As you can imagine Marrakech was nuts at New Year's. All gridlock, all night. Out here in the burbs it was some fireworks from a local hotel, along with all the niehgborhood bombs. The bomb is a clever reusage of any pop bottle with a screw cap, and a little chemistry. Big Boom. We rang in the new year as a family and stayed up late.
We really enjoyed having guests from home and abroad come to visit us. It was fun playing spot the tourist and haggle the babouche man. They proved to be a welcome and entertaining respite in our long/short journey. Thanks to you for trekking the extra mile!
We feel much more confident in Marrakech now, having learned a bit of Arabic and French, as well as navigating around on a handful of buses. Also the eyes in the back of the head are coming in nicely. Our little security crew in El Fadl has proven to be one of the best social clubs around with plenty of tea, sheep head, couscous, and sweets to be devoured during sit around and talk time. This is a regular occurance. Cadence has learned how to cook the tagine and couscous dishes and that is just fine with me. She hopes to add a few more traditional dishes to her utility belt before time's up here, so, sweet.
As we look ahead to the new year we have one clear goal in mind here: to set out and explore a bit more of Morocco. So that is the loose plan. Chill out for a week more or so here and then head out to the desert, mountains, and back to the beach. Plans are best made loosely out here as things can change anytime, although as they say, "anything is possible in Maroc."
All the best from planet Moylandia, hope this post finds you well in the new year.
p.s. will upload more pics soon!
2010: what a whopper; let's all see how 11' stacks up. I know it is counter to tradition, but I don't dig resolutions and try not to make any, but I think it is important to thank everyone who helped you in the past year. And for us, this was no ordinary one, so a big thank you to all of our friends and family, new and old who have helped us along thus far. It cannot be overstated how much easier it has made our lives to have a bunch of people show us love and support.
As you can imagine Marrakech was nuts at New Year's. All gridlock, all night. Out here in the burbs it was some fireworks from a local hotel, along with all the niehgborhood bombs. The bomb is a clever reusage of any pop bottle with a screw cap, and a little chemistry. Big Boom. We rang in the new year as a family and stayed up late.
We really enjoyed having guests from home and abroad come to visit us. It was fun playing spot the tourist and haggle the babouche man. They proved to be a welcome and entertaining respite in our long/short journey. Thanks to you for trekking the extra mile!
We feel much more confident in Marrakech now, having learned a bit of Arabic and French, as well as navigating around on a handful of buses. Also the eyes in the back of the head are coming in nicely. Our little security crew in El Fadl has proven to be one of the best social clubs around with plenty of tea, sheep head, couscous, and sweets to be devoured during sit around and talk time. This is a regular occurance. Cadence has learned how to cook the tagine and couscous dishes and that is just fine with me. She hopes to add a few more traditional dishes to her utility belt before time's up here, so, sweet.
As we look ahead to the new year we have one clear goal in mind here: to set out and explore a bit more of Morocco. So that is the loose plan. Chill out for a week more or so here and then head out to the desert, mountains, and back to the beach. Plans are best made loosely out here as things can change anytime, although as they say, "anything is possible in Maroc."
All the best from planet Moylandia, hope this post finds you well in the new year.
p.s. will upload more pics soon!
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