The Crab Lab

Bonjour,

Here, as promised, is a happier post.

On Sunday, we spent the afternoon at the beach in nearby Temara with our new friends, Craig, Marie, Sky, River, Jade and Ember.

The beach is perfect for kids. When we arrived, lots of Moroccan families were already there and had gotten all set up with their umbrellas or improvised tents.

Because the big surf breaks a ways out, all of the kids go and play in the large, warm and shallow lagoon.

When they weren't digging holes in the sand, our kids worked in their "crab lab": A shallow pool in which they had collected almost 100 hermit crabs (Anna has the exact number) and one sea urchin. When it was discovered that the sea urchin was either eating or being eaten by the crabs, the sea urchin was relocated.

After liberating the crabs, the kids went for a swim in another part of the beach.

We even ate at the casual beach restaurant, which conveniently enough, served pizza. (The whole afternoon being a complete kid-fest). I wish I had a picture for you of Bob's overflowing plate of fried fish, some of which had some pretty impressive teeth.

Afterwards, we hailed a Moroccan share taxi (an old white mercedes with saggy seats) and negotiated a price of about $9 for the 30 minute ride home.

A bientot,

Kim