What have we been up to this week???
Today we took a trip in to Essaouirra to pick up a package which we were very excited about. It was like opening a Christmas present only in the post office with the post inspector. We shopped a little- got some boots, a snickers and a BED (which I’m very excited about!) We met with other volunteers for pizza and headed back to our site. Overall, it was a really relaxing day.
Yesterday we traveled to another environment volunteers site (AMY) to see the women’s cooperative there. They have a really nice aromatic garden from which they make soaps. She also taught an English class while we were there and we stayed for lunch. Lunch was another adventure… I thought the chicken seemed a little chewy until I found out that it was actually rabbit. It was tasty, the family raises their own rabbits, goats and chickens for food and also have a camel and a donkey for riding/hauling things.
We went for a walk with some of the neighborhood kids yesterday and found our first highly poisoness scorpion hiding under a rock. We saz anther less dangerous and smaller scorpion today. Ben saw an (as yet) unidentified snake last week and I saw a tortoise. We usually find something new everytime we go out. Ben also found a huge beetle a few days ago which sprayed him with some kind of defensive spray that stained his hands red. Our family thought that was quite funny.
Tomorrow the association in our town is hosting a trash clean up which we’re helping with, work is going slowly but surely.
Pictures here are of Essaouirra (in case you needed another reason to come visit us!), products from the local thuya trees, and Amy and her English class.
Today we took a trip in to Essaouirra to pick up a package which we were very excited about. It was like opening a Christmas present only in the post office with the post inspector. We shopped a little- got some boots, a snickers and a BED (which I’m very excited about!) We met with other volunteers for pizza and headed back to our site. Overall, it was a really relaxing day.
Yesterday we traveled to another environment volunteers site (AMY) to see the women’s cooperative there. They have a really nice aromatic garden from which they make soaps. She also taught an English class while we were there and we stayed for lunch. Lunch was another adventure… I thought the chicken seemed a little chewy until I found out that it was actually rabbit. It was tasty, the family raises their own rabbits, goats and chickens for food and also have a camel and a donkey for riding/hauling things.
We went for a walk with some of the neighborhood kids yesterday and found our first highly poisoness scorpion hiding under a rock. We saz anther less dangerous and smaller scorpion today. Ben saw an (as yet) unidentified snake last week and I saw a tortoise. We usually find something new everytime we go out. Ben also found a huge beetle a few days ago which sprayed him with some kind of defensive spray that stained his hands red. Our family thought that was quite funny.
Tomorrow the association in our town is hosting a trash clean up which we’re helping with, work is going slowly but surely.
Pictures here are of Essaouirra (in case you needed another reason to come visit us!), products from the local thuya trees, and Amy and her English class.
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