The next week!

Sorry I've been gone for the past week...well more than a week I guess. I was doing a village stay with my group and internet was inaccessible. I will have a blog post about that trip for you in the next few days. Until then, you can go back and look at Mark's blog (Beyond the Palisades) where you will find a number of wonderful photos from the trip.

Back in Rabat, the house is abuzz because on Wednesday the Muslim holiday Eid will begin. The family has purchased a sheep to be slaughtered (the poor guy is living on the terrace of the house for his final few days) and are constantly reminding me of the special occasion with a quick smile, a "BAAAA" (in the style of a sheep), a hand gesture of slitting a neck, bending their head to the side, closing their eyes, sticking there tongue out, and of course ending the impression with another excited smile. I will write a blog post about this experience too and will also make sure you all get to see some photographs from the day. Supposedly, the Medina streets run red with sheep blood and guts and carcases (because every family slaughters a sheep on this day) and there are butcher's walking around covered in blood with their knives in hand going from house to house cutting up the meat for the family to enjoy...it's going to be a sight! But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Check back soon. Until next time.