Salamu Alekum! (Hello in arabic =D)
Hope that all zero of you who read my blog are doing well. I've been busy with school but have managed to complete some travel preparations.
I scheduled my flights! We are flying to London from Newark on Friday May 15th and will arrive Saturday morning. We had planned on ending our Europe leg of the trip in Spain since it is so close to Morocco and the flight would be very short to Rabat. Little did I know that there is no way to fly to Rabat from Spain or vice versa because of conflicts between the countries and terrorist threats. So as of now, I will be taking an overnight train from Madrid to Paris on June 5th-6th and flying from Paris to Rabat, Morocco. I'm tempted to just swim across the Strait of Gibraltar (it's only 8 or 9 miles!!), but maybe I'll look into a ferry service or something. It's so close yet so far haha.
In other news, I went to the doctor for my vaccinations today. Luckily, I only had to get two shots (Hepatitis A and an updated Tetanus). But in true Margie fashion, I still almost passed out. Let's cross our fingers for no sore arms tomorrow. As for the Typhoid vaccine, I can take it orally in pill form over an 8 day span. The fewer needles, the better. My doctor also wrote me prescriptions for a painkiller and an antibiotic, should I have any minor medical problems while I am overseas. I'm glad I got all of those things out of the way.
As far as fundraising goes, so far I have raised $1,962.00!!! yippee! That's 55% of my program fee in case you were wondering. Thank you again to all my wonderful, generous sponsors! AND i just got a job at Rutgers Telefund (calling people and asking for pledges for the University) so I can start saving up more for the trip. I'm sure I'll hate the job but money is money and I'll only have to do it for a few months. I'm gonna be one of those annoying telemarketers that calls you right when you sit down for dinner! haha. Plus it'll only be 12-16 hours a week so I can't complain.
As far as things that still need to be done, I haven't learned any Arabic yet (I admit I had to look up in a book how to say hello =\). But I did get an Arabic book and some cd's for Christmas so I will start those soon. And also we still have a lot of planning to do for the Europe part. Our British customer at Culinary Creations gave us a few places in England and Spain that we definitely shouldn't miss. (Cheers to you Mr. British Man!!... Tim i think?) AND we can't purchase our EuroRail passes yet because you can't do that until 60 days prior to your trip at the earliest. So that is on hold.
That's all of my updates for now. Once again, if you want to sponsor me on my trip that would be greatly appreciated! You can go to my.crossculturalsolutions.org (or click the title of this entry, it's linked to the site). And type in margienejman in the box to the right. OR you can send me a check made out to Cross-Cultural Solutions. Also, donations are tax deductible, so tell all your friends!! =P
Bessalama!!
-Margie
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