FOR FIVE (YES ONLY FIVE) DAYS

A DELAY IN MSP COST ME MY BAG

PETE, NANCY AND I ARE OFF TO RABAT!

AND ANNIE! NO BAG

FRIDAY COUSCOUS

I NEED A DRESS AND SANDALS AND AM GOOD TO GO

I CASUALLY ASK ANNIE HOW LONG THE TRAIN RIDE WILL BE...

WHEN PETE FOUND OUT HOW LONG THE TRAIN RIDE WOULD BE

AND CROWDED, AND THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T OPEN

NO FOOD. NO WATER. 4 HOURS? MORE LIKE ALMOST 6!

IT'S PROBABLY 10:30 AT NIGHT...

AND PETE ALMOST HAS ANOTHER MELTDOWN RE: A PLATE FULL OF VEGGIES

THE SMOKE, THE LIGHTS, THE PEOPLE, THE FOOD

IT'S A BIT OVERWHELMING FOR US WEARY TRAVELERS

BUT SHE FOUND IT..AND FAIRLY QUICKLY, THANK GOODNESS

HOW MANY NIGHTS ARE WE STAYING HERE?

AS IN HOSTEL, AS IN YOUTH, AS IN UP ALL HOURS DRINKING AND CARRYING ON

WE MADE IT!

THE LITTLE DORM ROOMS WERE SO NEAT

CAN'T BELIEVE THEY SET THESE UP AND TEAR THEM DOWN EVERY NIGHT

BUT THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS...

BUT THERE ARE NO SEATS. NANCY ALMOST HAS A MELTDOWN

BUT AFTER ABOUT 5 LONG HOT CROWDED HOURS...

PLUS WE DIDN'T BRING FOOD OR WATER, AGAIN!!!

ANNIE ASSURES ME THAT WE PASSED CASABLANCA SEVERAL STOPS AGO

HOORAY

BUT WAS READY TO GET MY BAG BACK!

ANNIE AND I HITCHED A RIDE FROM HER FRIEND'S HOST DAD TO THE AIRPORT

WELCOME TO RABAT!

BUT WE EVENTUALLY FOUND ANNIE'S SCHOOL

WE BOUGHT SANDWICHES AND WALKED HERE

AND MAUSOLEUM OF MOHAMMED V

ONLY BOTTOMS OF PILLARS GOT BUILT

COCKTAILS ARE NOT A MOROCCAN STRONG SUIT

NOT THIS BAD, BUT DEFINITELY WOKE UP TO A LOT OF WATER ON THE FLOOR

THE LADIES GO SHOPPING

TIME TO HEAD HOME! GREAT TRIP. GREAT TO SEE ANNIE