HELLO!! thanks to all for the kind zords! oops i write zords because a z is where w should be - among other swaps in the internet cafe keyboard. haha im typing this reeeeeeally slowly. check this out: èçc€ù cool huh.
WERE HERE!! i could zrite oops write forever about day in morocco and day 1 in mali but lemme try a quick highlight reel. till i learn hoz to type.
HIGHLIGHT REEL
1. 16 laptops in through jfk security and carried on awwww yeah. 16 tubs on the conveyor belt plus one for my chacos and 7 cents. lady in line behind us, i know that somehow you are reading this and i want to say: thank you.
2. internet cafe in morocco to look up a phone number after visiting maybe the largest mosque in the world (built only 15 years ago with an grandeur i thought was history). while caitlin was looking stuff up i talked zith the owner. he does sociological research on la normalite as a hobby - and keeps up faceboook discourse with a friend who does the same - and also writes poetry on the same word document but not for normality just pour les femmes (women)
3 HAMMAM! shoot out of time but i will give this the great attention its due asap - a moroccan bath but also pure bliss
more details as soon as i can about casa and arriving in sikoro - i have a name! same as my host mother: hawa gaku. she is an adviser for newlyweds - she enters the bridal tent and is kind of a coach for the consummation for a week after marriage. as hawa 2 i hope she can tell me some secrets (just kidding mom! and grandma) love to all xxx
Coffee Exchange
6 years ago
Colette! that sounds awesome! definitely get some tips. hmm...tips was a bad word choice.
ReplyDeletei went to east side market tonight and thought of you when i didn't get harassed by a jehovah's witness :)
Dear Colette, As Jerry is doing better we are leaving early tomorrow for Texas. Let us know when we can skype, we will bring Jerry's laptop. We are dying to hear more about you new life in Sikoro...is hawa gaku your name (like Colette), or your title, or a part of your duty in the community??? Gosh, another exciting survey in perspective! Take care and be safe, Much Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteColette. I miss you. Eat something with fish grease for me (Faisal and I are living off chicken grease). Have fun.
ReplyDeleteSounds incredible, good luck with everything!
ReplyDeleteahhhhh a moroccan bath...I go into paroxysms of joy just taking a bath here in urbana...Hey, I gave Al J. your email because I thought you guys might like to hear from one another. Keep updating when you can! Everything sounds great!
ReplyDeleteMiss you,
Lucy
ooo baths yummm
ReplyDeleteglad to hear that everything is going well!!! yay yay yay :)
ps this comment is from Sara, I don't REALLY deeply understand this system but I think you can see that...
awesome, love the laptops. and the hammam, OMG that was incredible i almost forgot about it. caitlin's (and your!) host mother is great, as i'm sure you know. are you and c staying in the same room? how is internet cafe lady? (do you know who i was talking about yet?) gotta go girl but this is GREAT! need more updates.
ReplyDeletehaha colette this is hilarious! SKYPE ME GIRL!
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