Day Three

This was by far the busiest day yet! First we went to the medina, which is a marketplace. This particular medina is one of the oldest in Morocco. As soon as we walked in I was in complete awe! Right away we walked past the fish market which had on display a swordfish that was probably 8 ft long and 5 feet around. IT WAS CRAZY! You dont exactly see that at the local Piggly Wiggly in Wisconsin! Then we went to the outside medina and looked at jewelry. I cant believe how cheap it is here. The same necklace that would be like 50 dollars in the US is like 4.50 here, and handmade. So of course- being the girls we are.... tried on some jewelry!
One thing very different here than the US is the fact that homes are protected on the outside with a high cement wall. This is to prevent theft of cars and break ins to homes. The driveway at the particular house I am at is marble and cleaned everyday which is a little different than my pavement driveway at home. The house here is really pretty. I will take pictures soon and post them on here. For now I only have this one which shows Youssef,Maria, Nada, her friend, and myself hanging out on the stairs.
Shortly after this, Amo Fouad arrived with his daughters Basma and Selma. They are both very sweet girls and actually speak pretty good english but are very shy about actually speaking it! Uncle/Amo Fouad had just ordered a marble fountain for outside of his house so we went to pick it up. Luckily for us-there were great stores everywhere and a green house and a statue place so we had lots of oppurtunities for cool pictures.
This is a picture of us at the Greenhouse. The plants here were like nothing I had ever seen before! We had lots of fun goofing off and taking in all the beautiful sights to be seen.
Then we went to the MegaMall it had lots of stores I had never seen before. Then we ate dinner there. This is a picture of Maria and Basma. They are also very close. What a great family I have here and didnt even know it!!