Host City Day 5: Co-Teaching, the Blue Gate Cafe, and Friday Couscous

April 26--

Today, I got to co-teach at another school, visit the lovely Blue Gate Cafe, have Friday couscous at Hicham's house, ​and even learn some Moroccan geometry!  It was another gold star day!

After Friday morning classes, we headed to the Blue Gate Cafe for a bit of a break while Hicham did his Friday prayers.  What a lovely place he selected for us to relax, take in the views, and sip lemonade!

The view from the Blue Gate Cafe

After an amazing visit to the Blue Gate Cafe (complete with an unexpected small world moment - chronicled in another blog post to come!), it was time for Friday couscous.  We've been looking forward to this meal all week, and it did not disappoint.  Hicham's wife prepared a feast for us, and everything was delicious.

After lunch, we headed into the medina and ended up at a wonderful Moroccan geometry workshop.  It was wonderful to see how students were leading the workshop and we learned how some of the tiled patterns came to be.  My colleague Whitney especially enjoyed creating geometric patterns as a math teacher with a love for shapes.