Friday, August 2, 2013
Getting stuck in medina 7/26
So one day I went shopping in the Medina. I looked all around and ended up buying a few things, a hand of hamsa necklace for myself, a small painting for my host family, and I stumbled upon a few pottery stores. After coming back to the same shop a few times, the store keeper offered me some sort of deal on the pottery, I think it was buy four get two free! They had a selection of things and offered to personalize them with my name, but I declined, intending them to be gifts.
I bought two plates, two mini tagines, and two bowls. Lots of vibrant colors. It was getting late so I had to hurry out and get a train ticket. I got on a train around 630, being only five or six stops from my house, I expected to be able to make it back before the trains stopped working at 7:00 pm for Ramadan break-fast. Turns out I was wrong. I got to the cross over point and then they stopped. My cell phone being dead, and out of cash and having only petty change, I made a spectacular decision-- I should walk home! I didn't want to wait until it was dark outside for the next train to go at 8:00 pm. So with all my heavy pottery I decided to follow the tracks and walk back.
It surprisingly took me only about half an hour or maybe the time was different than I thought, but I ended up home around 7:30/7:45, only minutes after my parents had broken fast. I was so exhausted but my roommate was out of town so I put my purchases down and went to eat with my parents.
I decided to carry more change on me and charge my phone more often. Haha.
I bought two plates, two mini tagines, and two bowls. Lots of vibrant colors. It was getting late so I had to hurry out and get a train ticket. I got on a train around 630, being only five or six stops from my house, I expected to be able to make it back before the trains stopped working at 7:00 pm for Ramadan break-fast. Turns out I was wrong. I got to the cross over point and then they stopped. My cell phone being dead, and out of cash and having only petty change, I made a spectacular decision-- I should walk home! I didn't want to wait until it was dark outside for the next train to go at 8:00 pm. So with all my heavy pottery I decided to follow the tracks and walk back.
It surprisingly took me only about half an hour or maybe the time was different than I thought, but I ended up home around 7:30/7:45, only minutes after my parents had broken fast. I was so exhausted but my roommate was out of town so I put my purchases down and went to eat with my parents.
I decided to carry more change on me and charge my phone more often. Haha.
cooking class 7/24
Sarah put together a cooking class for us which had to be rescheduled but we finally got to go!
We met in the Medina at an old hotel and began the journey to the woman's house. It took us a bit to find the house, but it was in a little side street on the far side of the medina.
It was a pretty costly night. I can't exactly remember but something like 40-80 durham. She taught us how to make a rolled up veggie wrap thing. Mine didn't look very pretty. We learned a few words for the vegetables in colloquial Darija and she fried up our attempts at Arab food. Her family served us a nice break fast meal with plenty of dates and soup, veggie and meat fried foods, coffee for dessert which was very strong.
She had children who were fun to talk to and who of course berated our low level, overly formal Arabic!
After socializing for a while I took a train back from the Medina to my house after enjoying a little of the night life of post-fast in the Medina.
We met in the Medina at an old hotel and began the journey to the woman's house. It took us a bit to find the house, but it was in a little side street on the far side of the medina.
It was a pretty costly night. I can't exactly remember but something like 40-80 durham. She taught us how to make a rolled up veggie wrap thing. Mine didn't look very pretty. We learned a few words for the vegetables in colloquial Darija and she fried up our attempts at Arab food. Her family served us a nice break fast meal with plenty of dates and soup, veggie and meat fried foods, coffee for dessert which was very strong.
She had children who were fun to talk to and who of course berated our low level, overly formal Arabic!
After socializing for a while I took a train back from the Medina to my house after enjoying a little of the night life of post-fast in the Medina.
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