A few quick one-liner type thoughts to post while I compose a giant entry about Spain

-Spain is 2 hours ahead of Morocco. Don't ask why, just roll with it. It just went from 23:59 to 22:00. More time to write, same amount of sleep!

-This is a welcome addition, because Spain is not conducive to nighttime sleep. They siesta for the express purpose of partying until 6am. I shit you not. I can't even keep up with them.

-I did take a siesta as a cultural experience. It was incredibly refreshing and I woke up relaxed. Ate dinner at 9pm with everyone else.

Oh wait these are all about Spain. Don't wanna steal thunder from the big post.

-Seriously Morocco? You want me to wear long pants when its 110 degrees and sunny all day?

-I'll be hiking the Atlas Mountains, a new kind of "middle of nowhere." If there are no Moroccans around, how about zipoffs, eh? Can we negotiate this no shorts rule? I'll change 'em back to long pants for mosques and houses.

-...I need to buy long pants and/or zipoffs. Zipoffs are all backpacker-ey, right guyz? I brought a pair of jeans and have bought a pair of slightly girly semester at sea sweatpants. I am NOT wearing sweatpants in the desert.

-Where the hell are we supposed to buy this bottled water that we're supposed to take along with us? The ship's campus store closes in port cuz of some customs regulations type stuff.

-I AM GOING TO DIE IN THE DESERT I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH. One nalgene of water will not cut it for a 4 day trek. I can/should only bring my backpack, and I can barely fit enough clothes in there, let alone sunscreen, bug spray, and additional water. DEATH AWAITS IN THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE SAHARA.

-Marrakech sounds like a fun place though! A bit touristy, but then again everyone needs the coffee mug with a tacky mosque design on it. It'll go along with the Cadiz-themed one I already got for 2,50E

Okay guys, you caught me. This whole thing is just an elaborate procrastination exercise. I'll write about Spain now. There's a ton of stuff to say, thats why I can't get around to it.

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