I arrived Saturday night around 8/30 pm. (Excuse any punctuation errors I'm doing my best with a very different keyboard.) Easyjet was fine, very cattlecar, absolutely no frills (not even a free glass of water, which helps them keep fares so ridiculously cheap.). Delayed an hour, but otherwise fine.
I didn't sleep much to 2nd day jetlag. Looking forward to the customary afternoon nap!
I just had a VERY interesting Moroccain experience, visiting a hammam. A hammam is basically like a turkish bath house. Men on their own side, women & girls & little kids on the other and never the twain shall meet. You go in, strip down to underware, leave your stuff with an attendant, then take your bucket of washing stuff into the steam rooms. Find a spare bench, set up mats, load huge buckets with very hot water. Then you scrub, and I don,t mean lightly. The woman who is hosting me lit into my back and I swear I'm 2 pounds lighter. There are 3 different rooms, depending on how hot you like it. Not surprisingly, not many westerners go there, certainly not many Americans. But I liked it, and do I ever feel CLEAN! I'm sure I'll go again, which I'm sure won't come as a surprise to many who know me. I can imagine some of my students being weirded out, but frankly it's not a lot different than the Y locker room after swim practice.
Well, I'm starving and something smells good.
Hopefully I'll find wifi tomorrow & can add some pix. Bye for now.
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Oops typed response and it disappeared. It is great to know you are safely there, but I definitely want more details!!! I hope you get the keyboard figured out quickly, WiFi, and all. Have a tremendous birthday, don't forget to take pictures, and don't forget to write more details! Jet lag is NO excuse.
ReplyDeleteDearest Jane,
ReplyDeleteI wish I was there with you girl! I am in spirit. When I saw the pics of great looking cheese in Lyon I knew what I want to give you for your big 5-0....I want to make you a beautiful book out of your lovely photos to remember your trip of a lifetime. So please start taking me pics! Much love and keep the details comming. Love, Beth Davis(in case your have 2 friends named Beth