Sent 9/19 I am in Morroco

Today is the last day of Ramadan.....after 30 days of no food or drink until after sunset....tomorrow all stores and markets will close and it will be a day of celebration-----no tour buses....families will gether with friends and spent the day--as we might Easter, the 4th of July----today is Sunday----on Tuesday or Wednesday I will visit some of the famous sights, Ouzoud Water Falls, sleep onr night in the dessert, maybe ride a camel....after all if one would ride a motorcylce in Marrrakech-----what harm could come from a camel.
Today is the last day of Ramadan.....after 30 days of no food or drink until after sunset....tomorrow all stores and markets will close and it will be a day of celebration-----no tour buses....families will gether with friends and spent the day--as we might Easter, the 4th of July----today is Sunday----on Tuesday or Wednesday I will visit some of the famous sights, Ouzoud Water Falls, sleep onr night in the dessert, maybe ride a camel....after all if one would ride a motorcylce in Marrrakech-----what harm could come from a camel.


Zakia Bourreza is a first year university student and her goal is to learn English. I have been invited into her home, the family are quite religious, but also liberal, she has 3 sisters and one brother, the oler sister has a motorbike, which she rides in traditional colorful dress with a friend on the back....

Marriage is delayed because of needing money -----young men work to save money to afford a wife and family. Don't seem to have any babies without marriage......But lovely families......Hushband, wife plus 1 or 2 small children on a motorbike...quite a familiar sight.

Zakia's home is basically one room --say 14X20--the room has single, narrow beds, sofas-by day a low table in the middle for meals, I did not see but 1 bathroom where family members do all the business--clean themselves, change clothes, etc., etc-----everything is clean. An elderly grandmother laid in a fetal position on one corner sofa near an open window. All homes are behind ancient looking high walls and there is no way of telling from the outside who is poor, who has more, or who might have space of lovely interior gardens and fountains, as the place where I stayed...only after the door opens could you even began to guess what might be on the inside. Rich and poor share to same alley ways.

I stayed near to Palace of the King of Morocco...People express love for the King--adding that he is a good man.The King's Palace.
Love to all, Eloise