Belly Dance and Matzah

Arabic class yesterday was rather strange as we only had enough time to go over all of the homework from the previous night. During our mid-class break I went and bought a mille feuille from a bakery we've discovered hiding behind the madrassa. A six-inch mille feuille almost three inches tall cost 2dhm. If you go to any of the cafés in the city proper the mille feuilles are almost a third that size and at least three times the price. Pshaw!

All the girls in the group save three, thus nine, went to a belly dance class yesterday. It was absolutely incredible! It's very frustrating that we only now discovered it because it would have been a really wonderful thing to have done all semester long. However, most of us signed up for lessons for the remainder of our time here. I feel sore today for the first time in months. I love it!

The usual suspects and I went to Kim's house where she made matzah brei. Matzah brei is delicious and pretty much French toast but with matzah. Kim made it for us with caramelized onions and dates to snack on while we watched Pride and Prejudice. Rebecca and I had bought a kilo of dates, and our friend Matt had brought peppery cheese and mozzarella, so we had quite a sumptuous feast between the five of us.

I got my first ever bug bite in Morocco last night at Kim's house on my elbow. This morning I woke with one on my calf, implying that the critter was in my room. This is not okay. I brought bug spray with me but as my house has practically no ventilation, I do not know how much the family would appreciate my spraying the stuff around. The haliwa production is still going strong. I have to step around trays to get to my room.

The Elderhostel Program has started up again along with the tourist wave. There is currently a group of twenty-eight here at the center, and they often show up at houses for meals and/or tea. My family normally has them but it's too hectic to have any with the baby and whatnot. Most everyone else ususally comes home from lunch with stories from a particularly interesting Elderhostel guest. All my programmates say that it is refreshing to have someone speaking English who is not from our group to talk to, even if for just a short while. I've taken to going to friend's houses in the afternoons for tea and snack just so that I, too, can partake in this exchange.