embracing the everyday

As Peter recently said, the longer we are in Morocco–it's been ten months–the more we like it. 

Cons:
Sunny skies with occasional moody rain, it's between 65F and 80F most days.  
An entire wall of hibiscus around our garden
House big enough for guests
Fun shopping at affordable prices. Replaced the light fixtures in the house with hand-made pieces made by a lovely guy in the medina–totally changed the gas-station vibe I was struggling with. Berries are about $1 a basket, I bought a hand-loomed fluffy wool rug for about $100. 
I can walk to the grocery store 10 minutes, yes they have wine
Sea-breeze, fresh air
Our housekeeper Sally is wonderful–and she takes care of the doggies so we can travel around a bit
Ryanair, the airline everyone loves to hate. We flew to Madrid for about $50 each
Transportation is easy–I can catch a little blue taxi, and yesterday I finally downloaded the careem app, which is like Uber, and go anywhere in town for about $3. The drivers are crazy here, I'm not too excited about driving here if I don't have to.
Started physical therapy on my frozen shoulder: lovely therapist with very modern research-proven therapies–$20 an hour session
Twice-a-week French lessons at work from my darling teacher.

Cons:
It's not London?

My colleague is getting ready to move to Paris and of course I'm insanely jealous and tell her I'm moving with her. But we talk about how easy it here, and by here I mean Rabat. I wouldn't want to live in any other city in Morocco. It's clean, green, and just has a calmer vibe than Marrakech, Tangier, Casablanca or any other place the guidebooks might tell you are la vrai Moroc. The captitol city–Casa is New York, Rabat is Washington, DC– is under-instagrammed by hordes of tourists and therefore: Rabat rules.