May days

well, hello there! i know i am still trying to catch up, but this update is jam-packed full of fun photos and great stories. a lot happened in May for sure. i honestly can't believe it has passed already. time sure is flying. so, here you can see my attempt to be creative for my students at the flight attendant school where i am teaching English. many of my students have never even been to an airport, let alone on an airplane, so i realized as were were going over some sentences that many of my students didn't even understand what a boarding looks like or what information is actually on them. so, i found a template online, got the right kind of paper just down the street and whipped up these babies. i even let their destination be what they wrote on our first day of class together as what their dream destination is. many of them were over-joyed. it was a fun day and i look forward to using them more in class.

May came with a set of friends coming in from AR. i was so happy to welcome mary and rachel to my part of the world these days. they made it here with all their luggage and totally brought us so many goodies! thanks to all those that helped provide for me and the other students here. it was like Christmas with all the yummy food, candy, and fun stuff. thanks guys!

the first weekend the girls were here, we traveled to one of the imperial cities. the King is actually living there at the moment, so all the fountains were running and the place was all spiffed up, too! the ladies were very happy to travel and see a new place. check out the size of the door-knocker to this palace!

here's a shot from a roof-top cafe' we stopped at to grab a drink. we really hit the timing right as it wasn't too hot at all. we got to look around much of the new city and the old city. this city just celebrated its 1200 year anniversary and also holds the oldest university on the African continent. lots of amazing history and stories for sure.

this is also the spiritual capitol of our country and offers many leather goods. mary got a great deal on a really sweet leather bag! she stuck to her price and the dealer slashed his initial price by close to 50%--wow!

here you can see my local friend teaching rachel and mary how to make mint tea. rachel was extra excited as she fell in love with the stuff while she was here!

i was so happy to have mary and rachel come to the school in which i teach to provide some practice time for my students to have speaking English. it went over really well and i think the girls learned a lot about the culture here. it was a win/win for sure! they got all their phones out to take photos with their new American friends:)

so, finally came the Alicia Keys concert! we stood in the free section, which really wasn't too far away. it was a great show, but we stood for like 3+ hours. it was fun. you can see Alicia there onstage in the white top.

so the girls' last weekend here was quite the finale' as we went to the concert, went surfing and had a great meal out with friends. i am a lot shorter in my words than i had planned as my blogger thing is being totally high maintenance. so, i am having to try and keep my patience in the midst of typing, uploading photos, and keeping a somewhat clean layout.

surfing northern Africa! i was so happy to even have this chance to go as i have been wanting to for a year now. i was even more excited that i even got up more than once! thankfully one of my friend's husband was on the beach taking photos. i had a blast and can't wait to go again this summer. i could get into it totally. so, come on over here and hang loose with me!