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I have been so busy lately, so I haven't been able to write in my blog... sorry! We've been having dinner parties almost every night and going to concerts because there was a 9 day music festival right by the oudaya. One night after a concert, a bunch of us decided to go swimming in the ocean at midnight. It was extremely cold, but really fun, and afterwards we came back to the house and hung out on the roof, which is definitely one of my favorite places to hang out in Rabat.

I met a guy named Nouh, who has been giving me drum lessons. We've been going to the Hassan garden, which is also one of my favorite places here. We spend hours there playing together and he has taught me Senegal, Nomadic, and Moroccan beats. I bought an awesome djembe (african drum) from him for 500 dirhams (which is about 70 dollars), which was made by his neighbor from Senegal. I think I'm getting pretty good! He gave me all of his gnawa (african music) cd's to upload on to my computer.

I have also been taking surf lessons twice a week with Sarah, and I'm getting progressively better. I'm still not that good, but it's a lot of fun, and at least I can stand up!

We had an info session with the AIESEC LC about our project the other day. It went pretty well, and it seems like a lot of them are interested in coming to our activities. I organized a cultural miscommunication card game, which could have gone better, but got it's point across. One of the girls in the LC invited us over for couscous today, so we will go to her house in a few hours. It's a Moroccan tradition to have couscous on Friday's, which is the Islamic holy day.

Today, a big group of us are going to travel to Marrakesh and then Imlil to climb the Toubkal mountain, which is the highest mountain in northern africa. I'll keep you updated!