8.30.2004
CAFE AU LAIT
One of my greatest delights while traveling is finding the best breakfast spot. The place the locals come, small and busy, with round silver tables and stacks of fresh pastries. There's a woman standing at the entrance behind a large griddle frying flat bread; I'm eating a piece with honey. An energetic young waiter serves coffee and yogurt drinks swirled with pink jelly.
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Yesterday a man said to me as he passed, "Marriage?" and I said "Yes" thinking he was asking me if I was (I lied to deter him). Encouraged, he stopped and asked again, meaning did I want a husband (him) and I said "I already have one" (again, to deter). He said (smiling) "In Islam we have 4 wives, 4 husbands!"
Similarly, in Fez an older man (the same one who offered advice about patience) jokingly offered Erik 20 camels for me.
One of my greatest delights while traveling is finding the best breakfast spot. The place the locals come, small and busy, with round silver tables and stacks of fresh pastries. There's a woman standing at the entrance behind a large griddle frying flat bread; I'm eating a piece with honey. An energetic young waiter serves coffee and yogurt drinks swirled with pink jelly.
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Yesterday a man said to me as he passed, "Marriage?" and I said "Yes" thinking he was asking me if I was (I lied to deter him). Encouraged, he stopped and asked again, meaning did I want a husband (him) and I said "I already have one" (again, to deter). He said (smiling) "In Islam we have 4 wives, 4 husbands!"
Similarly, in Fez an older man (the same one who offered advice about patience) jokingly offered Erik 20 camels for me.
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