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Beyond the Beautiful Forevers

January 18, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is: Beyond. I was inspired by the challenge’s subject of Morocco as it is a place that has many fascinating views of beyond especially from the perch of a traditional Riad. The topic also reminded me of perhaps one of the best books I’ve read in a long time “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo. The book is non-fiction and takes place in the slums of Mumbai beyond the airport. There is much beyond […]

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Categories: BLOGGING, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: beyond, CULTURE, Morocco, Photography, postaday, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

Travel theme: Oceans

June 13, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa over at Where’s my Backpack launched a new travel theme for the week in honor of World Ocean’s Day on June 8th. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ve probably guessed that I would much rather be hiking somewhere in the mountains rather than sitting aimlessly on a beach. That is not to say that I haven’t been to some amazing beaches in my life, in particular along the Greek Isles, Hawaii, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Morocco, Other Photo Challenges, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Morocco, oceans, photo challenge, Photography, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

Photo Challenge: Rhythm

June 4, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa over at Where’s My Backpack did it again with a tricky weekly photo challenge: Rhythm. I wasn’t sure if I was going to enter it this week as I’ve been busy with company in town and I thought I didn’t have any good photos for this challenge. Yet sometime at one of those half awake moments during the middle of the night I remembered that I do indeed have some photos that capture the true essence of rhythm. When I […]

Categories: BLOGGING, CULTURE, Morocco, Other Photo Challenges, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Morocco, Music, photo challenge, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

Markets: An afternoon in the souq

May 27, 2012 by thirdeyemom

A fellow WordPress Blogger, Ailsa over at “Where’s my backpack” did it again with this week’s travel theme of Street Markets. What a fantastic topic for who doesn’t love the vibrant colors and fragrances of a world market? Markets are amazing as they give you such a slice of culture. Whether it be the divine floral markets of Paris to the brilliant indigenous markets of Peru, a market always has a treasure to find. One of my favorite markets of […]

Categories: BLOGGING, CULTURE, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: CULTURE, Markets, Morocco, photo challenge, Photography, Rabat, Souq, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

March 31, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Photos above taken in local farmer’s market in Xela, Guatemala

Categories: BLOGGING, Food, Guatemala, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge, Xela • Tags: Blogging, CULTURE, Guatemala, Markets, Morocco, Photography, postaday, Rabat, Souq, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Xela

The Trials and Tribulations of Teaching English as a Second Language

April 30, 2011 by thirdeyemom

About two weeks before my departure to Morocco I received the long-awaited email answering the great unknown: My volunteer placement for my program in Rabat. Before signing on with Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS), I knew the deal. Volunteers would not find out what their placement was until two weeks before the trip. It is standard protocol for CCS and although it may sound strange, it actually makes a whole lot of sense. In order to really make a difference, there is […]

Categories: CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, ESL, Morocco, Rabat, Teaching English in another country, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Volunteering

Dating 101: Rock the Kasbah

April 26, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Once again, I found myself at the city’s beloved landmark of beauty: the Kasbah des Oudaias. A Kasbah is a fortified area that once housed the ruling family, its guards and everything needed for living under attack. Nowadays, Kasbahs are still a beautiful place to live, with its traditional whitewashed and brilliant blue blue painted buildings and stunning, winding alleyways with gorgeous, lush gardens and views of either the landscape or in Oudaias case, the magnificent blue sea. With Khadija […]

Categories: CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, International Volunteering, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Islam, Morocco, Rabat, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Women

Here Comes the (Moroccan) Band

April 22, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Moroccan music comes in many genres (ranging from Arab, Berber, Classical and Popular) and is surprisingly diverse. Every region in Morocco has its own type of music thus there A good site reference for the various kinds of Moroccan music can be found at: http://www.al-bab.com/maroc/cult/music.htm The music we heard today is called “Chaabi” (also known as “shaabi”) which means “popular” or “of the people” in Arabic. The music is pop music that has Arab, African and Western influences and is […]

Categories: CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Cross-Cultural Solutions, CULTURE, Morocco, Music, Rabat, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Volunteering

A Day at the Souq

April 20, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Every Moroccan visit requires a visit to the local Medina and Souq. The Souq (market) is not only a shopping expedition but a cultural experience in itself. That is where tourists go to shop and to see the Moroccans shop. It is not for the faint-hearted nor those who do not like crowds. The Souq is extremely overwhelming and non-stop eye candy. The sights, the smells, the people watching are amazingly intense. You can literally find everything including the kitchen […]

Categories: CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Morocco, Rabat, Souq, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Volunteering

My Home Away From Home in Hay Riad Rabat

April 19, 2011 by thirdeyemom

So where do you stay when you volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) in Rabat, Morocco? Good question! No, we do not stay in some kind of crazy mud hut. I was pleasantly surprised to find that our home away from home, known as the “Home Base” is quite lovely. It is located in the nice, posh neighborhood of “Hay Riad” where all the ex-pats and embassies are located. It is quite a different experience than being in the medina, that […]

Categories: CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: Cross-Cultural Solutions, CULTURE, Morocco, Rabat, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Volunteering

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