Today was another easy day. Yesterday was the Chellah, which was really cool to visit. About a mile walk from the apartment, it had old Roman ruins from Sala colonia, their colony, and an islamic Mausoleum. Unfortunately, after seeing so many amazing thing, you get immune to grandeur. Still an amazing site though.
Today I got up at around 11, and went present shopping at 2. I've done most of my present shopping, so the only major thing to do is visit the Hassan 2 mosque in Casa. its the largest mosque in africa and open to non-muslims, which is rare in Morocco.
I had Benaissa come with me to help bargain. He got me better deals than I would be able to get on my own. Shopping is much more stressful in the medina, but you get much better deals. Being back to prices being listed and no one calling you to shop at their place will be a welcome change.
Tonight Benaissa is cooking dinner. Its supposed to be Moroccan, but he told me he has no idea what he's doing so it'll probably be crazy. Earlier today we went to a lake about half an hour outside of Rabat to see the sun set. We went past these shantytowns dug into the moountain surrounded by piles of trash all over. Very gross. The urban rural difference is easy to see. There are whole hills that should be prinstine that are covered with plastic bags.
But anyway, the lake was really pretty. Very calm navy blue water surrounded by orangish mountains around it. The mountains are all around Morocco, but the make complements it almst perfectly. After that I went to Marjane, which is most like a Carrefour, and kind of like Target. Very weird, almost completely Westernized. I don't know why people shop there for some stuff, because you can get it much cheaper from street vendors, but whatever. A status symbol I guess. Its definitely globalization or modernization in action. I got a little culture shock, I'll be honest. Everything in rows, wompletely ordered. its been a long time. A taste of the culture shock to come I guess.
Tonight we'll probably watch another movie. I got some more at the store. Only 3 days left........
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