words of wisdom

today i took a cab ride and the cab driver told me, "i love americans... but your president, he is just so simple in the head." hahaha

i love marrakesh. i feel like it's an adventure every time i leave the door. my roomate, rachel, is like the best person to know in the world- she's been introducing me to people and showing me around quite a bit. and she's already hooked me up with a couple of tutoring clients. tutoring pays quite well- if i get a couple more i should be fine with money and still have pleanty of time for adventuring! shes doing a really interesting fulbright research scholarship dealing with woman's literacy. my other roomate, jordan, is doing his fulbright research in a village in the atlas mountains so he is only in the city for a few days at a time. sometime soon i think i'll join him for one of his village stays- he says its a really beautiful place. oh! we found a new apt. well, rachel did. it's really cute and is in a nice neighborhood in the 'old city.' theoretically its a one bedroom but there is enough common space that the three of us will be quite comfortable. and there is lots of couch space for visitors...

ok, thats all. i think i'm going to go bike shopping now. there are lots of very very vintage bike shops in the market. i think it will be a good way to scoot scoot around the city and do some exploring with a little more ease.

-Maura