At the Beach...Watch Out for Rams.
Hi!
It's our last night of our weekend escape to Asilah--and I speak for all of us when I say that this weekend provided a WONDERFUL (and much-needed) respite from the constant chaos and commotion of the Fes Medina. This weekend was so much fun. It gave us a chance to be together as a group for a longer period of time, and to reflect a little bit about our experiences in Morocco so far.
I think I can say that today was one of my favorite days in Morocco so far. It began with a somewhat strenuous hour-long hike to the beach, which was actually really fun since we were all together (and since the ocean was always in sight to remind us of our destination). One hilarious moment I'll remember for a long time occurred when Lexi, Lindsay, and I were almost at the beach. We were all kind of singing together and not really paying attention to our surroundings when Lindsay looked behind her, froze completely, and starting saying, "Oh noooo, oh nooo..." Lexi and I turned to find out what had scared her, and saw that an entire herd of marauding rams were charging straight at us. We all screamed--at the same time--and dove for the nearby rock face. I've never seen anyone climb a sheer cliff as quickly as we did. Who knows, maybe this skill will come in handy further along the trip....Anyway, when we paused to watch the rams go by, the fact that we had literally surmounted a cliff to escape some charging sheep hit us, and we all started laughing. (It took Lindsay a little longer to see the humor in the situation, but I think she did eventually...)
We go back to Fes tomorrow, and, while I'm ready to be welcomed home with some of my host mother's amazing cooking, I'm sad that this weekend is over. Going to the beach together was SO much fun--I loved it all, from the freshly caught grilled fish we ate for lunch (named Mohammed and Fatima, of course), to the pickup game of soccer we started with some Moroccan beach-goers, to belting Lion King at the tops of our lungs. It was a GREAT weekend--I'm looking forward to our trip to Meknes later this week!