Spices, Nuts and Olives....Nobody Sneeze!

Ok, so this concludes the photo montage and quips of Morocco. I really enjoyed my trip and would recommend that any adventurous traveller head that direction.

My adventure post Morocco landed me in the hospital for 3/2 night stay. Not exactly what I had expected. I don't know if it was the swim in the Casablanca beach, brushing my teeth or eating the salads, but apparently you're not supposed to do any of those things. Who knew?

So my symptoms quickly progressed on the train ride home. Was poked and prodded the following day at the doctor and the following night encountered yet another adventure with the Parade of Horrible that go to ERs. Now keep in mind, you may be envisioning the local ER in Torrance or St. Jude's....oh no my friends...Friday night ER in Paris. Foreign language skills apparently rest in the short term memory of the brain so it's slightly difficult to convey everything accurately. It appears that only doctors speak a bit of English and the one ER doctor started the following morning. It wasn't cute people. I'll leave the details of scenes out of the blog...children read this. Actually they don't, stinking Parisiens, drunks, druggies, people wailing. Nice.

I just kept believing it was going to get worse before it ever got better. Very true! Taking antibiotics in China didn't help doctors with the diagnosis and then my travels in Morocco. The one African doctor came in and said...."have you heard of Malaria?" Not good! They ran enough tests to discover the cause...simple bacteria infection that wanted to kill me.

That is why I've been so delayed on the Blog. A little bacteria that tried to kill me. Thankfully, Jay was there in the beginning and Ian quickly flew down to help me recover. I missed my last class, which believe it or not I was bummed about. It was one of those things that you gear up for...I'll be done May 26! So May 26 came and went without the celebrations, sans biere, etc. I am feeling much better, still cautious for fear of possible invasion return.

So that's it. You'll quickly see that I'm doing ok. I've been roaming the city in my last days and enjoying every bit of it.

Cheers< L