Rather pleasant to begin. So far so good. I have a window seat sitting next to a Borat look-a-like who has a certain scent to him that I believe he put on once I arrived at my seat and he went immediately to the bathroom. He also snores, but is definitely awake (colby...) i took a Benadryl (only one, despite a close friend of mine's prescription to take 3 or 4.... Rachel...) i think we have been in the air for at least a half hour and I can smell the flight crew preparing to serve us dinner. I am not particularly hungry, nor does this meal smell appetizing, so we will see... There are a few adorable kids on the flight who are walking around the aisles, and I don't even mind the baby who is screaming loudly at the back of the plane. Now That i think about it, i am hungry, so I will try the dinner. Everything is written or spoken in Arabic first and then French and finally English. I like it that was because the same thing is said three different times and each time it is repeated I understand more bits of the announcement, and once the English comes on I check myself.
Post dinner-
Very happy I got dinner it was really delicious. We had the option of fish or chicken (dajej) and I chose dajej. The stewardesses spoke to me in English which was disappointing, but expected I guess... I did say Shukran every time they brought me something, so by the time after dinner tea came around, my stewardess asked if iwanted "shai" which I did. True to form, i took a picture of my dinner which i will attach to this post. The chicken was in a little tin container and had some sort of moussaka (eggplant and zucchini in a tomato sauce) to the left of it. The moussaka was definitely not Nicole Moomjy-grade, but I enjoyed it. It also had mashed potatoes (definitely "from the box".... Ellen...) but I enjoyed them as well. The salad was blah, but we DID get two dinner rolls and some delicious cheddar cheeeese. I warmed up my rolls with the butter packet on top of the chicken tin. My butter melted and thankfully dripped all over my seatbelt and NOT on my jeans or sweatshirt.... I got water bc I want to nap after my meal. My seat buddy put his blanket over his head and is snoring (I presume he is ACTUALLY sleeping at this point, but who knows) next to me. I think I might follow his lead, but use the sleep mask that they provided us with in a cute "Royal Air Maroc" change purse thing. The sleep kit also came with headphones, and socks that I am already wearing.
8:57 Ny time- I haven't tried to nap yet. We just got into a bit of turbulence, so now I am actually going to try to go to sleep.
10:56 NY time- STILL haven't napped!!! I have been playing a lot of solitaire and listening to Drake, Fabolous and most importantly- J.Lo (cause I'm reallllll). I just went to the bathroom for the first time and I found the source of my neighbor's scent. There is a random bottle of cologne by the sink... I guess it's good if u feel the need to freshen up, but it's definitely no Chloé or Stella M. It's also "breakfast" time, so we got our 2nd tray of food. I'm going to save it for when I wake up from this nap that has yet -but is bound to- occur. Breakfast consists of a choc chip muff, a scrumptious looking croissant (said in a French accent), my leftover cream pie/lemon square (unsure of exactly what it is) dessert from dinner, and yogurt. I am looking forward to the croissant, but especially the yogurt. It's the type they give u at cro when u have a CRo-pass, AND the type that they served at HCDC when they ran out of yoplait. Strawberry banana to boot!
11:20 NY time- we just got our debarquement cards, and I am wondering what time the sun rises in Morocco.
11:35 ny time- starting to get a little nervous that not sleeping is going to catch up to me once we land, but I still have a 90 mile train ride to Rabat. Did I mention that there are 6 other girls from my program on my flight? I hope they also will want to nap (and not talk) on the train. Another interesting to note about this plane ride is the woman sitting in the middle aisle who has three seats to herself and is very lucky that I didn't take over two of them. She is an old lady dressed in a long dress and headscarf, but is a total socialite she has been talking to EVERYONE. Other old ladies stop by her seat and sit in one of the extra ones and just chat away. I of course have been eavesdropping, but have not understood anything of importance besides "what is her name?" "MAJDA" which makes me think of the senior from Conn who i wanted to have lunch with before my trip, but never got around to. Woops! She has also had a lengthy conversation (in flawless English) with a rather obnoxious American man. He speaks very loudly and seems ignorant, reminding me to try to positively represent America as best I can throughout my semester. I also just had a bite of the croissant and am not disappointed one bit. Going to finish it right now.
12:23- preparing for landing. I just ate my yogurt with a very cute mini spoon they gave me. I actually only ate half of it bc some spilled on my deembarquement card. I also messed up some of the things that I had to fill out on said card, so I'll prob get another one in the airport. My neighbor and I have become silent friends I think. He pointed to the "date" portion of the card in an effort to ask for the date. He had it as January 2nd (???) and I wanted to correct him in Arabic. To bad it's the 28th and I have no idea how to say twenty-eight in Arabic (ithnane themenia????). Should have actually studied the numbers in the 5 mins that uustath kept us after class to learn them... I knew my excuses would eventually haunt me. "pretty boy swag remix ft. GUCCI mane" just came on my iPod-- I don't want to get off the plane!!!!!
12:34- just kidding. Just landed!!!! Im so ready to get outta dis plane. Al -humdelallah !!!!! Why do people clap after the plane lands?
I attached three pictures. One of me and two of my plane meals (dinner and breakfast) the one of me is so you can see that I am actually genuinely happy/excited and not making this up. ....
You are so funny Claire... I felt like I was sitting in the seat right next to you. Love and miss you.
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