Friday, May 9, 2008

Within weeks the rough and littered shores of Brighton Beach will become the fine and ancient sand of the Sahara

Listen:
These are just the things Dr. Shea tells me. However, even under the careful eye of Dr. Shea, things are bound to go wrong and chaos is bound to ensue.


May 13th--Arrive in Casablanca
May 14th--Train leaves for Fes
May 15th--Tour of Medina
May 16th--Language Class, Lecture on Culture
May 17th--Lecture on Art, Lecture on History of Fes
May 18th--"group time" (getting lost with Dr. Shea, most likely)
May 19th--Lecture on Religion, Language Class
May 20th--Move to homestay
May 21st--Lecture: Women in Morocco
May 22nd--"free time"
May 23rd--Travel to Erfoud
May 24th--Travel to Merzouga, Camel trip (which I'm totally prepared for thanks to Horsemanship I)
May 25th--state of utter euphoria and exhaustion after a night of sleeping in the Sahara desert under the stars
May 26th--Travel to Ouarzazate. apparently there will be a picnic
May 27th--Travel to Marrakech
May 28th--Travel to Berber village
May 29th--livin' wit' my Berber homies
May 30th--Travel to Marrakech
May 31--Beginning of the end of what is bound to be the best 3 weeks of my life thus far

6 comments:

Heather said...

May 24 and 25. Hatred and jealousy.

Caitlin said...

You have no reason to be jealous. You will be in Buffalo.

M. Chase Whittemore said...

WHAT? Stars beat buffalo (unless we're talking about Nate) any day of the week.

Heather said...

Oh right, I forgot that Buffalo is way better than everywhere else (or something like that).

Caitlin said...

matthew, I'm sorry you can't understand my sarcasm in written form.

M. Chase Whittemore said...

Well I just assume that you are a nice person and are trying to help heather feel better about her life.