First: Why?

I am spending the summer abroad for the first time in my life. 8 weeks in Morocco, learning Arabic, being a foreigner. Without air conditioning. Or cheese. Why yes, I volunteered for this.

The words are not coming easily at the moment. I haven't slept on a flat surface more than 3.5 hours at a time in several days. My brain is a jelly that will start to ooze out my ears if I don't get more sleep soon, and that's a mess I simply don't want to have to deal with right now.

So, I am (hopefully) going to keep up this blog, letting you all know what this experience is like, and to document for myself the happenings of a total newbie in Morocco.

I'm here to make a fool of myself learn Arabic, and to understand the culture further, because you really can't comprehend either until you're here. 

Meknes, Morocco
(The view from the host family's apartment)