Sunday, November 16, 2008

Final Site

Back in Azrou for some more pre-service training. Since I’ve last typed, I said goodbye to my first host family, learned where my permanent site is, met my new host family who I will be living with for 2 months, took a language test, and will be sworn in as an official Peace Corps volunteer this coming Thursday.

My final site assignment (where I will be working and living for 2 years) is down south, near Ourazazate. It’s in the area where Hollywood comes and films movies (Alexander, Babel, etc.) so it is absolutely gorgeous. The town is only 500 people, no internet, no teleboutique, and my father uses a donkey and a cart to get to the souk. I’m also 5k away from the paved road. I either walk or bike to get to and from my site.

My new host family consists of a mother, father, and three little girls (2, 5, 10 years old). My father is a potter and my mother is a weaver. My father’s sister (a weaver) is the counterpart that I will work with and all male members of his family are the village potters. So, the artisans I will be working with are either the potters or the weavers.

As for now, life is boring.