Thanksgiving… and a big THANKS!
So just last week we celebrated Thanksgiving in my friends Jon and Nicole’s site up in the Mountains about an hour and a half southeast of my souk town (as the crow flies, about 2 hours from my site). Their village is called Oulad Ali and is BEAUTIFUL. Absolutely beautiful. I can say with 100% certainty that it’s my favorite PCV site in Morocco (that i’ve seen). Add to this beautiful locale, a group of 17 fantastic volunteers and quite a bit of holiday cheer and it was such a great way to usher in the holiday season! My friend Phil and I cooked an apple pie from scratch (my second of the week, having practiced at home in my village earlier in the week and serving the results to my host family, to mixed reviews). Photos (both mine, and stolen from those indicated) are below….
But just quickly, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I also wanted to take this opportunity to THANK EVERYONE who donated to the project I posted about below. I just found out today that it is fully funded, and I am really looking forward to implementing this program in February and March of next year. Let me reiterate how far this money will go in helping these girls to learn about something that is very important to them, and I consider it a privilege to carry this out with all of your generous help. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
so now, photos:
Homemade apple and pumkin pie (test-run early in the week at my house)
Oulad Ali's surrounding mountains capped with snow
Oulad Ali
Fall colors! None of these in my desert-village, but a few hours away in the mountains, colors abound!
LOVE this Berber mountain village!
Both halves of Bob, the 18 Kilo turkey we slaughtered for Thanksgiving... cheers, Bob! (photo courtesy of Socorra)
Incorporating the Moroccan Tajine into day-after leftovers (photo courtesy of Socorra)
Unfortunately it's blurry, but it's the only group shot we got! Thanksgiving 2011 (photo courtesy of April)
Day-after hiking around Oulad Ali with some fantastic ladies
