yesterday a few students opted to go to sefrou, a small town about 20 minutes from fes. i'm really glad i chose this trip, because walking around town you got a more authentic feel for moroccan life, away from the tourism and chaos of fes. we learned a lot about bread baking there, got to watch and meet artisans at their shops (including wood carving, weaving, embroidery, and ceramics), and had tea and delicious bread with olive oil in a cozy little tea shop that made me feel like i had been transported back in time at least a hundred years. afterward, we took our extra bread to the orphanage in sefrou, which houses about 150 children between the ages of 7-21.
can't wait for next weekend, which is our trip to the sahara, where we'll ride camels, stay at a berber camp and spend saturday night in timbuktu.
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