Monday, March 10, 2008

MarhbaBikum en LMgrib

Whoa.

First ten days in Maroc have been crazy. Flew in from NYC to Casa to Rabat where training began immediately-from security briefings, language, money, and schedule to rules, culture, terrorism, and shopping.

From Rabat we bussed the 8 hours over the snowy Atlas mountains to our training base. Language training in Derija (Moroccan Arabic) began in short order. Sessions start at about 8am and last til 6ish; with a 930 curfew. After next week the cycle between this training site and a remote site will begin, and will continue for 10 weeks. After that, enshallah, I will be sworn in and move somewhere permanently.

For now, the stress of training is easily offset by the physical beauty of Morocco and the fun-loving kindness of its people.

barakhlahifuk.

2 comments:

Coesy D said...

"B A R A K hlahifuk."

Yet another piece of evidence pointing to Barak (sic) Hussein Obama being a dark horse Muslim Manchurian candidate. I'll have to forward this to Linda...

Hope you're having a good time dude! Try to stay warm!

Coesy D said...

Such a lively forum for discussion...

*crickets*