Magical Morocco

Today, our group hiked through Ifrane National Park to have tea with a Berber family. The Berbers are an ethnic group that lives in many regions across Africa. Though historically nomadic, many settled down after conquest by Arabic tribes during 700 to 800 CE. We walked through a beautiful forest of old cedar trees...

During the third day of the Morocco Intensive Learning trip we experienced a myriad of things.  To start the day, we ate a traditional Moroccan breakfast on the top floor of our auberge. Breakfast included msemmen (similar to an American pancake), yogurt, hard boiled eggs, fresh bread, cream cheese, and the tea we have...

By A.S. and E.L. BAM BAM BAM! I rolled over and looked at the alarm clock that we had set up so carefully last night. It blinked 7:34. It’s 11 minutes before our alarm was even supposed to go off, which still allotted 45 minutes to pack and head to breakfast.“I’m upppp,” I say...

After a smooth seven hour flight we landed in Casablanca, Morocco. First, feeling jetlagged, we stopped for coffee before we boarded our vans for Rabat. When we arrived at the Riad we played ice breakers and met our World Leadership School trip instructors Laurie, Madiha, and Khadija. One of our orientation sessions was to journal...