The Struggle for Contacts

I never thought it would be so difficult to contact people until I came to Morocco.  I think this is just my luck at things because many of my SIT classmates have been doing just fine contacting potential interviewees and advisers, but for some reason responses have been coming very slowly or not at all from most of the people I have attempted to contact.  However, I now have an adviser and an organization, Amal Sale, where I will be teaching English to Moroccan teenagers.  I will potentially be teaching for 4 hours each weekday in 2 hour sessions; one being a more grammar-focused and classroom session, and the other a more loose and conversational period.  Hopefully, my knowledge and memory of English grammar will be strong enough to help them through the complicated maze that is the English language with a little help from the textbook of course!  I was supposed to start yesterday as an assistant to the current teacher who is leaving after today, but, unfortunately, I became violently ill from what appears to have been food poisoning or something of that nature and could barely get out of bed.  So let's hope I can gather enough information about the class today.

In other news, there are two places in Morocco that I want to explore before I leave: Chefchaouen and Al Hoceima.  The first is a medium-sized city tucked away in the mountains, and is supposed to be a very beautiful and relaxing place with plenty of places to go hiking.  The second, Al Hoceima, is a beach town along the Mediterranean, and we all know what that means:  sun, sand, beautiful water, and tanning!  Not that I need much help tanning in the African sun, and mostly this solely means burn protection.  However, since rediscovering beaches over the past couple years, I have also discovered how incredibly relaxing a good stint in the sun can be.  So, insha'allah, I will be packing my bags this weekend, not for warmer climes (there is definitely plenty of sun in Rabat!), but shall we say, Mediterranean climes.