We have now been in Imsouane for over 2 weeks
The weather has been delightful bright sunshine and between 22-27°c
Craig, Aimee, Chloe, James, Bianca and Luca all went on their way leaving me, Rachel, Harry and Paul
We have been surfing nearly every day
Sometimes the tide times mean we get up for sunrise
I am slowly improving but also enjoy just sitting out the back on my board and watching the others
We spend the rest of the day napping, eating delicious food and playing endless games of cards
We’ve been here so long now we feel like part of the community. We know the cafe owners, shop owners and a few of the villagers.
We are getting much better at French and over the past 2 months have also been picking up some Arabic. Here are all the Darija Arabic words and phrases I know so far:
Hello – salam alaycum
Goodbye – beslama
Thank you – shokcran
Please – afaak
Yes – n’aam
No – la
Ok – wakha
Enough – safi
A little – shwaya
A lot – bezzef
How are you? – labess
I’m good, and you? – labess wenti
Thanks to God – hamdelilah
Beautiful – zwina
I want – bgheet
This one – hadi
That one – hadeek
How much? – bshhal
Cheers (to good health) – besseha
Hopefully (God willing) – Insha’Allah
Let’s go (hurry) – yala
To eat – kol
To drink – shreb
Bread – khobz
Rice – rooz
Sugar – sukkar
Eggs – beyd
Tea – atay
Soup – hrira
And to talk to the dogs:
Come – ajee
Go away – sil
In other news there is a repatriation ferry running on the 19th January. We have all signed up to it but the French people will have priority as it has been organised by the French embassy. Still, even if we don’t get this one hopefully others will run soon after.