Life in the N.A.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, Oy, Oy!

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Eloise getting herself some henna

Aussies are "heaps" of fun:) "Heaps" is a word they frequently use...in just about every other sentence...

Eating pastille with Pete and Ana

I've learned from the Aussies that kangaroos are the "deer" of Australia. Australians hunt and eat them as Amerians do deer. (And when they kill a mother kangaroo, they have to kill the baby along with it.) Also like deer, kangaroos can cause pretty bad car wrecks, especially when they fly through the windshield.

The Australians doing a presenation of Australia at a university

A Weekend In Tarifa, Spain

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Good-bye Espana:(

The ferry

I love these gals:)

I know - I look like Gumby.

Jordan loves to try to get at least one part of herself in every picture...

I love this pic:)

I seriously wish we drove cars like this in the U.S. They're just so economical.

This picture was hanging outside of a restaurant. Notice the shorts, skull, and other bones...

Dan and Rebecca

An old for, I think

The mountains are Africa:)

Lovely Spanish cathedrals

The loveley streets of Tarifa - so nice and clean:)

Mexican food...finally.

Random Fall Fun...

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Rafeesa..Yuumm.

Fun wid ze Germanz

23rd Birthday

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The makings of Colleen and Jordan:) Colleen cut the letters from a Zara bag:)

No, we're not trashed in this picture, and we're not high. This is just us after having survived a little over 2 months of life in North Africa:)...This was right after we lost a dog of the people we were house-sitting for around mid-night the night before my birthday. It was terrible - walking around this creepy neighborhood alone late at night in high heels crying because we couldn't find this dog ANYWHERE. It finally showed up at the doorstep - Thank God. We also spent that week driving around in a 1985 stick-shift BMW with no power-steering - our first driving experience in North Africa. We almost lost our lives more than a few times that week trying to drive through those awful round-abouts - Don't worry, Mom - I've got lots of angels around me:)

This was my bedroom on my birthday. Our boss from the States arrived that day and brought with him suitcases full of goodies from our parents, so on my birthday I was able to actually open presents from my parents, which was such a treat:) Our parents also sent our Christmas presents, so Colleen's presents were packed in my suitcase, mine were packed in Jordan's, and Jordan's were packed in Colleen's.

Around the City...

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Snapshot of the capital city

At the beach here in the city

Downtown

I had to climb over slippery rocks for about a half hour in order to get this view, and in the process I slipped on a rock and fell face first in a huge puddle of water, getting the front of my shirt soaking wet - No surprise to most of you, I'm sure.

Ramadan 2K6

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Our favorite North African dish - tagine - that our maid prepared for us:)

Typical f'tour cuisine

F'tour party...

Our first time to have "company" over to our apartment for dinner:)

Our Apartment

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My room

My closet...Notice the huge pile of shoes at the bottom

Colleen's room

Jordan's room

Couch in my bedroom (The cover is a shower curtain from Target.)

Our "salon" - The couches lining the walls are called froches.

More pics from our team retreat...

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Doesn't look much like Africa, does it?

Hangin' at the cafes, one of our favorite things to do:)

A Break from City Life

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I Finallly Got a Blog...

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I finally have a blog since I know many of you are dying to see glimpses of my life in North Africa. Hope you enjoy:)