Morocco Day 2

On day 2, I had toast and tea for breakfast. Then we went to the University and met with a professor to talk about the "West and Islamic worlds - images about each other". It was very interesting to learn more about Islam and Morocco as I know very little about both. After that we went to the Roman ruins, Chellah, which were very beautiful with tons of plants and birds and cats. There is also a pool that has eel in it and some of the people in my group feed them eggs which is suppose to help with fertility. After the ruins we went to the Mausoleum of King Mohammed V here there is a mosque (sorry if this is spelt wrong) that King Mohammed V began buidling but during the building process there was an earthquake that knocked a bunch of it down and then the King died and it was never finished. But both him and his son were burried in a tomb right next to it. After this visit we returned to our families for couscous. It was good but not my favorite meal. Again we eat out of the same big bowl but we had spoons this time. After lunch we met up with some Moroccan University students and walked around the city for a while and then went to a pool bar and had some tea. One of the girls I talked with acutally studied in Lacrosse, Wisconsin last semester :) After meeting with the students we met with a former peace corps volunteer and a current rhodes scholar and learned about these organizations, their experiences, and how to get involved. That night my host sister took all of the girls in my group to Hammam, which is a public bath. It was definetly an experience that I'm glad I have but will not be repeating. Then we had dinner with our families. That night we had pasta with meatballs, bread, oranges, and salad.