Easter Sunday we went to the forest for 10 hours with about 30 other people. It was our first Easter conducted purely in Arabic! On Saturday we had a party with our friends and dyed eggs and then went hunting for them! On Friday we got to go to a professional tennis match right near our house. We watched the best player in the country whoop Denmark's boo-tay! We were sitting behind them and they figured the whities were surely there rooting for them. When we started waving our flag and cheering for the African they turned around in utter disgust. Professional match for about $5!
We headed down south this week to take one of my friends home to her village and visit her family. this is there little village on this hill. This handmade adobe type stuff is actually a lot warmer than our cement walls in the city! They had no shower or hot water but it was an adventure!
They are known for their gorgeous handmade rugs and my friends gave me a big one as a gift when I was leaving, it was the sweetest thing! I had my hands and feet done with henna. I had to sit there for three hours, including eating lunch on the floor with my hands! She did a great job. It's tradition to cover the bottoms of the feet and toenails but now I am regretting the decision because you have to wait for the toenails to actually grow out, it stains permanently!
Ta Daaa!
Gorgeous scenery, we drove over the mountains and to the desert.
This is a really cool Casbah we stopped at on the way home. It was SOOO windy! But we bought some cool paintings and took some nice pics.
The many faces of Karima. 1)Kaftan, traditional Arab, dressy 2)Jellaba, traditional Arab, casual daily wear 3)Southern Desert Berber, daily wear 4)Wedding Outfit, traditional Berber
Here is a video of the girl doing the henna. I am speaking Arabic with my friends but you'll notice three English words we use "Service, Telephone, and Vee-deo."
My favorite photo I have taken in awhile. This is a true mix with the old and new. Traditional yellow North African slippers traded in for bowling shoes! It costs about $5 per game to go bowling so only the upper class partake in this event.
I visited a monument this week with friends and we had a picnic in the grass...a very popular way to the pass time here.
My two North African babies. They were such a handful at the picnic but tooooo cute!!! When we go to the bathhouse the little one sits inside the bucket and plays.
Some New Mexican friends were in town this week! Good times, and thanks Abe and C-Rose for bringing our suitcase with the Wal-Mart stash!
We had 4 pictures that Cody's dad had drawn framed this week. Handmade frames, matte, and glass all for $12 each!!!
At a friends house this week. She was teaching me different ways to wear the head scarves.
We had a sweet return to the motherland for a week. Here's a few pics from our trip.
Family game night...and youuuu think your fam is competitive! (PS I highly recommend Cranium Turbo Edition, it's load's of fun I tell ya)
Our first American meal at the Denver Airport...Taco Bell...yum. When we got of the plane in El Paso we hit Weinerschnitzel too! Did you know they charge sales tax in the good ol US of A? (Well I had totally forgotten that)
Cody enjoying his green chile cheeseburger from Dick's Cafe and some green chile queso and chips and Dr Pepper and bacon...okay i'll stop now.
I TOLD you we had gorgeous sunsets!
My bro and his girlfriend, she's cute huh!
Some good ol' sisterly love at Target
A collage, a tribute if you will to some our friends we got to see :)
I started this blog 5 years of ago before we went to Morocco to keep friends and family informed of our adventures. I don't update as often now, but it's just a place to talk about what our little family is up to. And of course lots of pictures of Nellie Jayne!
