Family Day

Today was a school celebration at our eldest grandson's school here in Rabat. So, since we are still thinking on the cautious side of things,we thought that might be a pretty safe thing to do. It was a very low key event, but it was nice to see how familiar everyone is with each other. Local Moroccan children as well as children from other countries attend this school. Many of the kids whose parents work within the embassy attend, as do children whose parents may work in an international business here in Rabat.
The kids played, the parents talked, the teenagers had booths and book sales set up to raise money to enable them to visit another school (sorry, I got a little lost in what the effort was all about). Hot dogs and hamburgers were served.
                               


After the festival we took a drive through the eastern part of the city which took us over by the coast. Lots of folks were out in some areas to enjoy the sun.I don't think anyone was getting in the water until we came up to an area set up to teach surfing. Some areas of the "beach" were under some kind of construction. None of us were exactly sure what this was going to eventually look like.

Lots of motorcycle traffic and motorcycle use when getting to the lake.

Directly across from the water front were a real mixture of homes, apartments, very poor housing, restaurants and businesses. It seemed like lots on construction was going on.

There is a huge marina/development going in. A big new bridge has been built. Lots of money is being spent by someone!!