So my travel adventure was quite amazing, I spent three nights in the city of Merrakesh and one in Essouria. My next entry will describe those bits of excitement, but first I thought I'd post some pictures of my campus here at Al Akhawayn.
The sign outside the entrance to campus- Which is fenced, and has guards, by the way.
This is actually just outside of campus and is some sort of summer house I believe. The University is set on the edge of town, and the town is mostly fully of fancy summer homes and the like.
The center of campus, the big thing on the lefthand side being the mosque. They don't have call to prayer from the top of it like they do in town, and classes are not scheduled around prayer time. I haven't met any students yet that pray 5 times a day.
The ceiling of the student building. They love their ceilings here. More ceiling pictures will probably come.
Buildings on campus. Fun fact: Moroccans are much more strict about their "formal space" so all that nice grass you see is NOT grass that can be walked on.
Oh yea, and theres a fountain. I didn't ask, but after hearing the grass rule- I'm pretty sure it's not ok to play in the fountain.
Overall campus feels clean, pleasant, and VERY safe. Hopefully soon it will start to feel like home...
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