¿que pasó en españa?: MOROCCO. day two, part one.

Occurred: February 26th, Saturday

This was our busiest day in Morocco, it was the only full day we had! So the entire day was not-stop moving. We started the day off with breakfast at the hotel, which consisted of all carbs. The thing that has hole things on it...tasted like a crepe, pancake thing. The half circle was kind of like smashed bread formed into a circle. And the triangle thing was like a thin pita.

Here is a picture of our Morrocan tour guide. Notice her hair is showing! She told us that it isn't a big deal to wear head scarves in Morocco because they are exposed to so many different types of religion.

After breakfast we all loaded onto the bus and made way to Tetouan. Tetouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. Arabic is the official language but Spanish and French are widely spoken here as well. Berbers founded the city between the second and third century of BC! Also, Tetouan not only is on the Mediterranean Sea but it also backs up against the Rif Mountains.

Tetouan.

guess the colors of the morocco flag?!

the royal palace.

The next pictures are of the Medina of Tetouan. Medina means the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town. The Medina of Tetouan is actually surrounded by a wall. No cars are allowed and our tour guide told us that many people spend their whole lives inside the Medina because they have everything they need. Little stores all along the alley-like streets. There were also people were just sitting outside the buildings with their little fruit markets.

they actually wear these types of shoes....

nuts.

electronic store.

The little kids we so friendly there! before we left, the organization that we went with sent us a list of some common Arabic words. And if we said hi to them they would respond back! Some of them even were speaking Spanish to us. When we passed them they would give us high-fives. And one of them even held Lidsay's hand for a minute while we walked!

Na’am – yes

La – no

Waha – ok

Afak – Please

Yalah – Lets go

Salam – Hello

Salam walaykoom – Hello (formal)

Shukran (bezzef) – Thank you (very much)

La shukran – No, thank you

Labas? – How are you

M’a ssalama – Goodbye

Labas, hamdulah – Fine, praise God (This is the standard response to, “How are you?”)

Lindsay holding hands with the natives.

Then... we went to a spice shop. We got to smell the spices and then buy them if we wanted to. I ended up buying saffron for 3 euros. Awesome. As well as some couscous seasoning!

Here is just some of the markets that we walked buy. It was like a giant flea market.

This is me getting dressed up as one of the street vendors that sells blankets! This costed one euro...obviously worth it.

finished!

Then we went to a carpet factory. They showed us all the different types and qualities that they had. A lot of the rugs there are made to be reversible. One side is made with one type of fabric and different colors for winter, and the other side is a different fabric and color for summer. The rugs are also made with fabric that will never fade from the sun because they are not died and I don't remember what type of fabric it is, but it also won't light on fire for some crazy reason. But yes, I bought one.