Maricela in Morocco: Angra Sooq

This is my first post, I will be adding more posts to catch you all up on my experiences day 1-14:)

Day 15:

We're on the bus to the Angra region to visit the sooq. A sooq is a market place where you can buy mostly food along with other things such as stuff for building your house. Dris said it's the more rural region, to not expect luxury. He also says that we will see that it attracts Arabians from 30km around the area. Basically, I should've used the bathroom before we left dar loughat (my school in tetouan Morocco) lol. It's a bus full with my class and 3 other students at the school. I love riding the bus because I get to see the mountain views from the window. The moroccan way of driving also keeps me entertained. Dris (owner of the school) has also said that the animals sold at the sooq are slaughtered the same day they are sold at the sooq. I'm not sure what to expect from rural Morocco, but I can't wait! Dris also has just mentioned to not eat or drink in this area as they aren't experienced with other cultures and if we want to do so we must do it here in the van. I still really have to pee..
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Very rural, the buildings are old, oh I think we are getting off now.

Dris says: This part of the sooq is usually like a "bee hive" usually outside of Ramadan. Very busy. There's a phrase that's known as "Noisy as the sooq" bc it's so loud here.

It was very hot, and I remember telling John, one of the other students, to look at the chicken and go help him he's stuck on his back! He responded, his head is cut off! LOL I looked over and sure enough there was no head, I've never experienced anything like that in my life, even in the states it was hilarious. Noha (my professor) bought 1 kilo of apricots for 8 dirham which is .80 cents in the USA. This man that came along with said he bought his goat for dinner because it's cheaper in the sooq than in tetouan. The cat calls were more consistent here yelling SEÑORA! and Justin (another student) also got told by one of the market people to throw his gum out bc of Ramadan, that goes to show how serious they take their fasting here in the sooq.
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Back on the bus I expressed to Louis that i wanted to play some soccer before I left and the man next to me told me I could rent out a field in Martil for an hour or so, so I may look into that. Outside the window I can see that gas is .90 cents per liter and 1.00 for a liter of supreme I believe... We got dropped off and went to Reducto, I unfortunately wasn't feeling so well and scurried home to take some medicine. Later on Justin and Alexandra arrived with Leah, it was great because we got to show her around our house and she helped us with understanding broken plural conjugations in Arabic.
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15:30, Allah akbar, it is time for dinner! Traditional soup first with Ramadan sweets in the middle, next course was 2 types of pasta/spaghetti dishes, the following course was chicken with boiled eggs and cinnamon on top, ending with a local melon cut up. I'm always left so full at the end of each meal, Dris wasn't kidding when he said that if we wanted to lose weight coming here we chose the wrong place haha. It's delicious though I love sitting down with the family. I timed dinner today and it takes about an hour and 20 minutes. We also watch 2 TV shows through dinner, the same ones although I never know what they're saying lol. One important note, is that when we eat we eat from the same dish in the middle of the table with our right hand using 3 fingers (thumb, pointer, and middle finger).
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Now Alexandra, Justin and I are studying for our test in the morning. I will resume my blogging tomorrow:) along with funny "study abroad memes" ;)
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