EASTER SUNDAY

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

I hope everyone's day was as lovely as mine

I woke up and got dressed for church. I re-explained Lent/Easter to my family, and they were not opinionated one way or the other about me going to church. I put on my WOOL j crew black beautiful dress, and a lilac sweater and a light yellow scarf- the most easter-y outfit I could assemble… No chocolate or sweets for breakfast- just the normal one, but it was still nice. I met friends at the tram stop and we were on our way. Everyone looked very good- nicely dressed up. I walked with Kiersten (volleyball player @ Tufts) and she was SPEEDWALKING to church. Noooot a good combo with my wool dress and the hot hot sun, but I kept up, and we got a seat! I can't remember the last time THAT happened... The church was beautiful inside and out. The ceremony was in all french, but I could understand a significant amount of it.

Church is different here- the majority of the people in attendance were sub-saharan africans. There were a FEW French peeps, and even less moroccans. The choir was a great gospel group, but it was a little unfortunate because the sound system was sub-par. There were a lot of fincoosh children running around, and nobody seemed to mind. At the end of the ceremony everyone came to the front of the church and were dancing and hanging out. It was nice.

We went to Easter brunch at Le Comedie after church. I got a delish champignon omelet and a qahwah nus-nus, AND Kiersten and I split a little raspberry crumb tart thing. There was also sesame & poppy seed bread- happy easter clam.

After brunch we separated. I had a lot to do so I went to the crêpe place to get some uninterrupted wifi in. I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu (an 8 dirham bubbly water) and got to work. Time FLEW by. I spoke to Mom, Ellen & BB in Boston, which was bittersweet. Can't wait for next year! I had to plug in my computer, and the rude french/Moroccan woman told me that it cost 5 dirham because "electricity is expensive". I reluctantly agreed to pay (a lot of eye-rolling) and plugged in. Sara joined me, but we didn't talk a lot- strictly business. It was getting to be time to leave… I went up to pay and this woman tried to charge me double for BOTH of my purchases. She said that she said 5 dirham per HOUR (she didn't) and that 8 dirham was for the SMALLer water (i didn't ask for a big one… why did you give it to me??). I was VERY unfriendly to this woman, and obviously only paid what I wanted to. Apparently this has happened before to other people, so I guess that was our last time at the crêpe place. (I told her that "there would not be a next time") it was more funny/ridiculous than aggressive or whatever it seems like.

I went home for Easter tea-time! I broke out some hidden candy, and gave it to the fam. They loved it. I still have so much candy it's sad- I will give it to them when I leave because I don't really need it. I thought I did, but I don't. Anyway- I got some Easter candy. We talked about heaven & hell at tea time. We all agreed that we were in heaven right now with all of the tea and pastries and chocolate. I can't remember what else happened Sunday, but I think it ended well. Good good Easter