Rabat - Day 2

wow.
I finally made it!
Maryam, Nima, Yasmin and I stayed up all night wednesday and then drove the Germany to the ryanair airport (frankfurt-Hahn, or something like that)... Let me just tell you, if you need to know how to distribute 50 kilos into two bags of 15 kilos each, these people are the people that you need to know :) it's magic.
My week in paris-luxembourg was amazing.... Maryam was the best host in the world, we walked through crowded parisian streets, had coffee in cute places (including starbucks when we wanted coffee that was bigger than an espresso cup) ate delicious macarrons, baguettes, food... watched most of the world cup games that were played during those days, explored Paris on a boat but mostly on our feet, did all the trouristy things we were supposed to do, stayed at a little hotel a couple of blocks away from the louvre (I COULD SEE IT FROM MY WINDOW!) in st.germain des pres.... and once we arrived in luxembourg we slept, watched tv, read and rested...
I arrived in Marrakesh Thursday morning and took the train to Rabat... I swear that I think something happened to me, because that train ride felt like a 10 hour ride (but the clock said it had only been 4 hours- I do not trust my watch anymore)
For those of you who are interested, yes, I got tricked by a taxi driver...he charged me way too much but I was way too tired to fight for the real price... at least he was nice and talked the entire ride to the train station...
I have not seen Morocco yet, not after 1 and a half days.... but here is what I can tell you... the scenery from the train window was a marriage of gold, brown, red and white sand.... there are some rocks here and there, some bushes here and there, some olive trees, and some hills... and then, goat shepherds, kids really... sitting on a rock, watching their goats roam around, I don't what those goats could eat among the rocks and sand, but something they must find, since there were so many herds all over the place!
Rabat is a busy city with crowded streets, and lots of street vendors... I am staying in a little hostel in the heart of the medina, before crashing I decided to go for a short walk to check it out... every other vendor was making some sort of meat dish which involved cooking and carving a cow's face... yuumm? I was too scared to eat anything, what a wimp... so I bought a banana and went back to the hostel took a shower and slept for 15 uninterrupted hours.... bliss.
Jason arrives tomorrow night, I cannot count the hours until he is here, which also means I will have to take the train to Casablanca (or if you are moroccan, Casa) and pick him up!

So here I am, sitting at IPA Maroc ready to start work!