Day of Rest

Well, seeing as God and the rest of the world were resting without me yesterday, I rested today. Also, I've been talked to about much of what to expect and stuff over in Morocco - the voice of experience and the voice of what I'd learned are similar, but a lot of tiny differences. +2 points for not having to wear a headscarf!

The meal schedule over here is something I'd forgotten about - breakfast 9-10am, lunch ~3pm, then dinner ~10pm. Ahhh... latinos and their ways... it's actually working really well with the jetlag, so I enjoy and accept this arrangement.

The people I'm staying with today are the director of the program and his wife (although the director is in Morocco atm, so just the wife technically) - very nice, incredibly hospitable, and a great chef. Everyone I've met so far has exclaimed about my Spanish being so good... I was wondering for a bit, because my understanding is pretty good, spoken is meh. THEN I realized that the last volunteers they'd had were a family from Alabama. *grins* NOW I understand. The town I'm in today, Malaga, is also very pretty - mostly a home-town with some tourist condos, but a nice feel to it. There are enough tourists for me not to look outlandish, but still mostly hispanic, which allows them to realize that I won't understand all of what is going on. Excellent balance. Now to mentally prepare to be the white sheep of an all arabic heard...

I'll be online for much of the day today (day for ya'll, afternoon and evening for me), but after that, my schedule will be very questionable - I have unsecured wireless from neighbors here, but internet connection may not be available for a while. We'll see. I've greatly enjoyed IM-ing some of you who have kept me sane so far (shout out to Marc for having the best time schedule around - yes, he's in Japan, but he still wins).

Location Now: Malaga, Spain

Location Tomorrow: Ceuta, Spain

Location Next Week: Chefchaouen, Morocco (way to overdo the vowels, Morocco)