This weekend, I was a tourist.

Two friends and I decided to go explore the touristy parts of Rabat on Thursday. Our day went something like this:
Wander around Mo-V for awhile
find three restaurants we’ve been looking for since we’ve been here (french crepes, lebanese, and greek/mediterranean)
Successfully cross the street with multiple lanes of traffic numerous times (p.s. I’m a pro at j-walking now)
Visit Hassan Tower/mosque- the tallest structure in Rabat, with the square minaret (of what was supposed to be the 2nd largest mosque in all of the Muslim world before Hassan died and plans were stopped) stretching up to the sky
Wander around the Palace walls, asking every guard we see where the gate for tourists is...haha
Walk to the super cool Roman ruins...of which we learned nothing because we 1) did not have a guide and 2) cannot read arabic. The ruins were beautiful, though. Complete with a lovely garden, still being maintained today
Visit the suburb of Agdal...realize that I am in wayyyy to American of a place when I see 1) McDonald’s and 2) Christmas socks on display at a clothing store
Discover public transportation...I said, “let’s get on this bus and see where it goes” so, we did...and it took us home.
More exploring ensued, but this blog is too long.

Followed by a short stay at the beach in Harhoura, which is much too long of a story to tell here.