August 3: Tangier Tuesday

Our last Tangier Tuesday!!!

Sarah and I got along really well toward the beginning of the program, but because we don't live in the same building and we are in different classes, we haven't really hung out all that much. After realizing how little time we had left in the program, we decided it would be a really good idea to go on our Tangier Tuesday by ourselves and have a mini adventure. To make it extra special, we decided to wear our matching CLS shirts and scarves with the CLS colors- as you can see in the picture.

We left the AST(American School of Tangier) campus and took a taxi to go cafe-hopping! Our assignment for the day was to talk about how Tangier had changed throughout the years. We though it would be a good idea to go to the legendary cafes that are a part of Tangier's recent history. We got in a cab to go to our first stop, but we started talking to the cab driver, Khaled, and he asked us if we wanted to get coffee with him and talk about Tangier, so we did. He took us to a cafe he frequently visits and we talked about many aspects of the city, but also of Morocco in general.

After having coffee with him, we went to al-Minzah's cafe. Al-Minzah is one of the nicest hotels in Tangier and it has a wonderful bar/cafe. There we talked to Adnane and Youssef, the two waiters in the cafe. Adnane talked to us about his experiences in the city and how much it had changed from being a very small, open-minded city to a very crowded city. He was nostalgic about the earlier times in Tangier, but was really grateful to be a part of the city to this day. We had a great conversation with him, and what was even more amazing is that most of it was in Moroccan dialect! We were really proud of ourselves!

Later, we went to the legendary cafe Hafa. The view of the ocean and Spain on the other side is just gorgeous. We met up with a group of students who also decided to go there for their Tangier Tuesday experience.

I'm really glad Sarah and I got to hang our and have an adventure of our own!