August 6th

  Today was a little bit of a downer.  I am trying to get over a sore throat that showed up yesterday morning.  My head feels stuffed up.  Jeff took a 45 minute bus out to the Sunday market in Had Draa this morning.  This weekly market is one of the largest in Morocco.  You can buy just about anything from live animals to used tools,  haircuts to blacksmithing, and everything in between.   Jeff had only been in the market about 5 minutes when he got bumped into and had his phone taken out of his pocket.  He noticed immediately and grabbed hold of the guy and told him to return the phone.  He had to tell him about five times before he returned the phone!  The incident kind of sucked some of the joy out of the market experience.  After he got back before 11:00 we fixed breakfast and later had some lemon vegetable pasta for lunch.  

I've been enjoying the work on the plaza below our apartment quite a bit.  It is amazing how much they can get done in just one day!