It's been a busy couple days – we arrived on time at 7:40 am on Tuesday, March 4th. We had an hour and a half bus ride from Casablanca to Rabat. The buses stopped at the PC offices so we could meet the staff and see the offices. They have a beautiful complex with a large lawn/garden where we had mint tea and pastries and a brief time to meet the staff and poke around the offices. The afternoon was filled with briefings about PC Morocco and more specific introductions to staff.
We had several Official meetings with the state department's regional safety officer and the US ambassador to Morocco. We also had our first health briefing on the causes, symptoms and treatment of diarrhea – it was after lunch.
Before sending us out to explore Rabat, staff taught us a few key phrases to use while we were out. My favorite is 'Ana mashee tourist' - meaning I am not a tourist. I don't think any of us would have known is someone was asking if we were a tourist, but its an easy one to pull out when someone stops you on the street.
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- Becky
- Feel free to give me a call at 011-212-652-62-8639. Morocco is on GMT, so we are currently 5 hours ahead of the East coast and 6 hours ahead of the Central time zone. I have been very bad about updating the blog, but am making a concerted effort to stay up to date and to back log the months between August and now.