Tuesday night, Sarah and I went to dinner with Romain (France), Rachid (Russia), and Gabriel (Quebec) at their house. Romain cooked a tagine before we went out to Reservoir for salsa. They really only speak french, but they were really nice and it ended up being really fun. I felt a little awkward at first because I didn't really know them and I am still timid about speaking up in french, but it was ok later. None of them could really dance either, so we all just had fun messing around on the dance floor.

Wednesday morning, we had a meeting at ISCAE with the OC. Olga did a really good job preparing the meeting and motivating us to start actually working. The project's starting to look it has a lot more potential to succeed, so I'm feeling pretty optimistic right now. When we got back to the house, I met Lucas, who is staying with us for a little while. He is from Poland and has been traveling by bicycle for 10 months, and is now moving on to Africa. He moves around with very little money and either sleeps in nature or meets people who will let him stay with them. In exchange, he cooks and cleans for them, which is what he is doing for us now. While he travels, he works with children and does humanitarian work just to make people happy. He speaks 15 languages and has been to 23 countries in the past 10 months, and says it is just the beginning of his travels. Lucas, Nadia, and I went into the medina to buy groceries for dinner. I asked some men outside a restaurant, in french, where the best place to buy inexpensive vegetables is, and one of them offered to show us. He took us to a tucked away part of the medina where men sell fruits, vegetables, etc. and walked around with us for about an hour and a half while we looked for the best prices. I wasn't sure why he was helping us so much, but then he asked me out, so it all made sense. We got back to the house after a few hours with tons of fruits and vegetables for about 90 dirhams (the equivalent of about 13 dollars). We had a bunch of people over for a dinner party and Lucas cooked a vegan meal of Maroccan salad, couscous with vegetables, and zucchini pancakes. 5 girls who go to school in Spain, but are from a different places, are staying with us for a few days, so we have a pretty full house right now. The party was a big mix of people speaking different languages-- polish, french, russian, english, spanish, and probably more.