address

i finally figured out my mailing address:

56 Derb El Hammam
Riad Laarouss
40000
Marrakesh, Morocco

if you're inspired to send snail mail i promise to be an awesome pen-pal.

life here continues to treat me well. my roomate, rachel, and i have gotten quite into cooking delicious dinners lately. it's a fun challenge to find stuff in the market and figure out what to do with it. though morocco is not-so-vegeterian-friendly in general, there are tons and tons of wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables all over the place literally for pennies a pound. so, with a little experimentation with mystery vegetables and spices and some help from the internet we've done pretty well for ourselves. we've also had lot's of fun inviting people over for dinner partyish gatherings. i really love the moroccan sense of hospitality- it's totally normal to invite people for dinner even if you've just met. we've had some of the most interesting people both moroccan and foreign and off all ages over to our little abode. the most notable was this british artist who we met in a cafe. he had lots of crazy stories about his youth as a struggling starving artist, but made it clear those days were behind him. so, we of course googled him the next day and he's totally famous! he was in all these british journals as like an in vougue celeberity artist. and to think, he was eating lentils with us in our tiny kitchen. next time he comes back we're all going to have a meal in his fancy pants riad he's recently bought in central marrakesh. crazy world.

so, i am seriously considering staying for another year. all of the teachers at the american high school are deciding whether or not they want to come back in the fall, which means that several positoins are opening. i could probably get one seeing as i'm here already and know some people who are working there. i really am happy here, but am also sort of petrified of missing some sort of boat back in the us if you know what i mean. the decision has been plaguing my thoughts recently... i think i'm waiting for some sort of religiousish sign or something (coming from a borderline atheist). anyhow, any input or words of wisdom would be much appreciated at this point.

i miss you all. do keep me posted on what is happening over there.

maura