Weekend in Asilah!

Hello friends and family!

Last weekend I traveled to Asilah, a coastal city in Northern Morocco. It was AWESOME.

Happy by the ocean :) 

My friend Camila had this idea to rent a house there for the weekend via Airbnb, a very inexpensive place (made possible by the fact that 11 of us split the price so that it was only $30 for the whole weekend) with great location overlooking the ocean!

 On Friday we all packed our bags and took grand taxis to Meknes, and from there the train directly to Asilah. The train ticket (a four hour ride) was only $7. I love this country.
Special shout-outs go to the beautiful Hoda, the charismatic Molly, Camila (the amazing person who found the house) and the extraordinary Man Ny!!!!!!!  

View from the top!

We arrived in Asila at around 6 or 7pm that evening, and walked through the medina to get to our riad-style house amid the narrow and twisting streets. This.. house..It was insane! The place was gorgeous and completely open with lots of natural light and tile all around. The best part? The roof had a terrace with a view of the ocean! We arrived just in time to watch the sunset over the waves. <3

Food, glorious food! 

As the others joined us, we decided that our starvation was too much to bear, and wandered out in town for dinner and I was finally able to eat some amazing couscous once again. (Chicken couscous has easily become one of my favorite meals in Morocco). The meal was delicious, and it was so fun just all being together! However, for the rest of our meals that weekend, we went shopping for groceries at the market nearby and cooked all of our own food! THIS WAS A GREAT DECISION.

Sunset in Asilah <3

The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing, beach walking and swimming, taking pictures, shopping in the medina, cooking, and just straight up laying around.
I have put some pictures in, but they honestly don't do Asilah justice. This was such a special and beautiful and chill city, and I cannot wait to return one day.

By the time Sunday came around, none of us were ready to leave. We took a late train out so that we could spend as much time as we could in our paradise.

My beautiful friend Mary Kathryne and I!

Anyways, now it's back to campus and back to work! Only a few weeks left here in Morocco, including finals...and I am still trying to figure out how this could be. Time really does fly when you're having fun.

Lots of love from Morocco!
Sofia xoxo