Monthly Archives: September 2016

Ain Cheggag

Posted on September 28, 2016 by alicrain

Tomorrow (Thursday) our CBT group (Community Based Training) moves to Ain Cheggag for three months of language and cultural training. From our hotel we will take a bus for about 4 hours and then a taxi for another hour or … Continue reading →

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Smiti Ali

Posted on September 23, 2016 by alicrain

Today we started our language training. Ideally I should be able to hold a basic conversation in Darija (Hello, How are you? I’m fine and you? What is your name? My name is) but the second my notes are away … Continue reading →

Staging & Questions

Posted on September 20, 2016 by alicrain

I’ve been in Philadelphia since Sunday for our Staging event – which is basically orientation for the Peace Corps. It’s been really awesome meeting so many people in person that I’d been Facebook stalking the last several months. Outside of … Continue reading →

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On Packing

Posted on September 17, 2016 by alicrain

So I had planned to do this awesome post on how easy packing was and share my packing list. Yeah well that’s not going to happen. I packed, unpacked, thinned out, cried, repacking and rearranged so many times I’m not … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun Facts

Posted on September 9, 2016 by alicrain

Morocco is larger than it appears. (source: www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/MA) One thing to note, though, is that the Western Sahara (starting about the bottom of Kansas and roughly the size of Colorado) is a disputed area*. Due to the sensitive nature of this … Continue reading →

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