Getting Settled

This morning, Sarah woke me up and introduced me to Elizabeth, who is an American girl who has been living here for a year and a half, but is leaving in a few days. She showed us around Oudaya, which is the area we are living in, and brought us to her friend's house, which is just around the corner from where we are living. We got some fresh squeezed orange juice from a man at a little kiosque; he just squeezed half-oranges into a glass for us, didn't add sugar or water, and we drank it right there. It was delicious-- very sweet and fresh. We then walked down some roads crowded with Moroccans selling different different things, especially a variety spices, which they have huge bowls full of. We then went to the grocery store, Marjan, to buy some things for the house. I noticed that yogurts are very popular here in Morocco... they have a big aisle devoted to just that.

After dealing with a broken faucet that was flooding our kitchen, Sarah and I took a walk down to the beach. We talked to a man about taking surf lessons, which would be really cool if i have the chance to do it. Then we went to get Moroccan mint tea at a little cafe that overlooks the ocean. A woman grabbed my hand and started drawing henna on it, and of course i was too timid to pull away, so she conned me into paying her 30 durhams for it. I need to work on not being that stupid tourist.