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sorry for not updating in the past few days. I arrived home safely Saturday night and was exhausted after the two flights. I went to bed at 11 but to me it felt like 4 am. The last two nights I got two hours of sleep each, we were all having too much fun to even care we would only be getting little sleep.

Biggest highlight of the trip happened Friday night. and for anyone who saw me would say my eyes lit up like Christmas Morning. That's because after a whole week of anticipation, my wolfpack and I went to Rick's Cafe in Casablanca. For those of you who are new to me, thats my favorite movie and i can quote all the lines. I was very disappointed when just hours before we were set to go we were told we needed reservations and the restaurant was too small to hold our whole group of a whopping 80 people. Considering I felt they knew it was too small I was very upset, I mean, we have traveled thousands of miles and to miss out on a huge tourist attraction I was dying to see saddened me. We decided to take a cab over there and even if we couldn't get in, at least we could take pictures from the outside. So 6 of us split up into cabs and took an adventure ride to Rick's. The outside is very modern and the sign wasn't the same which was somewhat disapointing. We get to the door and the bouncer type men told the couple in front of us the bar was full. Slightly discouraged we decided to ask about a table for 6 there, and to our surprise they said to come on in. At hearing those magnificent words I got this goofy grin on my face that didn't leave me until we left. Walking in to the restaurant you can hear the piano being played and see all the beautiful themed decorations. There were chandeliers, big round tables, and a modern Moroccan vibe. We were taken upstairs where there were more dining table and the bar. In the bar area there were leather chairs for four people, a tv playing Casablanca continuously, champagne bottles, a small bar counter, and a roulette table with chips placed on the number 22. It sat eight so we were seated there. First drink, Champagne cocktail in honor of what they drank in the movie. It was easy to be so corny there. We all were having a great time, and I couldn't think of a better way to end a fabulous week than at Rick's Cafe. It broke my heart to hear that so many people on the trip haven't even seen the movie so I made them promise they would come back and watch it. Most of you are probably reading this surprised I can show emotions of happiness and joy, but I am here to tell you there are 5 witnesses who can back up my claim. My camera was running low on batteries so I only have a few pictures, but once theirs are up I will pass them along to you all.

On the picture note, I will have pictures posted on FB by tomorrow hopefully, and I will share with you the address where you can find them. I took over 600 pictures and about 60 videos, so there is alot to sift through. I will try not to bore you.

I would love to go again, but not with a tour. It was good going with people who know the languages and the culture but I feel for next time my ultimate goal would be to go to Spain and take the ferry from there. I would take a train from city to city b/c driving is like a suicide mission. I hope one day this actually happens, and you can than all read my wonderful blog again.

I wish we could have spent a little more time there, one week isn't enough to actually be emerged into the culture. but i'm glad I went and now sad that i am back in reality with papers and tests to deal with.

All for now. I will be posting more up about the trip in weeks to come, especially my reflection paper.

Sarah