Monday was my 2 month anniversary of being here, I can’t believe how fast the time has gone! Karim and I celebrated with a candlelight dinner at home and I even made a caramel sauce to have with vanilla ice-cream, yum! And we still have another 4 months together. My previous trips here I’ve only been able to stay a week or two, so having all this time is such a luxury!
I am also now into my 4th week of Arabic school, and since last week I have been all by myself. The other student (an older gay man) was only staying for 3 weeks anyway, but at the start of last week he had a disagreement with one of our teachers and stormed out. Apparently, you don’t ask a gay man how is hypothetical wife is, not even to practise greetings and asking about someone’s family! (My hypothetical children on the other hand, are all fine, thanks for asking.) So being the only student, I now only have 10 hours a week, but still as much work as ever!
Last week I also went to a circumcision party, which I was relieved to find out didn’t actually include the circumcision itself. There was a DJ, a band and lots of dancing (on the woman’s side anyway), tea and sweets and even a professional cameraman to capture all the action. When we eventually left my ears were ringing from the music (I had a prime position next to the amps) and my eyes were blinded from so much colour. The women wear these beautiful Moroccan dresses in all shades of bright and colourful!
The weekend was spent with one of Karim’s older friends - Driss and one of his two wives. On Saturday we went to a dam about 30mins outside of Fes, where we swam, got rowed around in a boat and ate freshly caught barbecued fish. And then on Sunday night we went around to their house for dinner. But when we went to leave, Driss came too – he was going to his other house to eat another dinner with his other wife! The two wives thing is something I don’t think I will ever be able to get my head around – but don’t worry, Karim has sworn he is a one-wife kinda guy!
And lastly just a side note: I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM MISSING OUT ON HARRY POTTER! I am so jealous of everyone who has seen it already. It really makes me question whether I made the right decision in coming here...Just kidding! (kind of), I am loving life here and will book tickets to London soon to watch Harry Potter there. But sad I can't see it with my fave Harry Potter peeps!
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| On the way to school... |
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| Karim's littlest sister Zineb showing off her drawing |
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| nap time (hehe, got ya Karim) |
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| Swimming in the dam |
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| Karim at the dam |
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| Driss and wife #2 |
And I thought we had all the excitement when we were there! A circumcision party- OUCH! I love reading your blog Phoebe - you are an excellent Moroccan story teller.
ReplyDeletecome to brighton (u.k) to watch harry potter and ill cook you caramel slice! rob has even brushed up on harry watching the box set so he will come to the party too! love soph
ReplyDeleteWonderful to read as always, Phoebe! SO so happy for you living your dream live :-)
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter was awesome but not as amazing as what you're doing!
Love Kate xx