I'm Back!!!

Sorry if anyone is following this to only just be updating.

We left Rabat without finishing all our paperwork so that we could sort out a problem with the apartment in Marrakech.

Once sorted we returned to Rabat. After staying up all night on a bus and not having coffee I joined many Moroccan woman in the line to get into the Ministere of Foreign Affairs. Luckily I had been forwarned by Roxanne of what to expect in the line. I was ready to be pushed and have woman try to pass me in the line. We were in line about an hour prior to the doors opening, they let us in in batches of about 15 or 20 to get a number and drop off our papers. Abderrahim couldnt wait with me so he sat across the street drinking coffee.

I had one woman permanently attached to my back for the 3 hours I was waiting in line I even tried stepping on her but she wasnt budging. I had to woman try to push past me and I turned to them and yelled HEY HEY HEY and shook my finger in their faces.

Thankfully my papers got stamped and all my docs are currently with the translator in Marrakech.

Abderrahim is busy getting some of his papers done while we wait. Wed or Thursday will find us going to see the Angry Little Man (so dubbed by Roxanne and Abdel) so stay tuned for news of that story.

I went wedding dress shopping yesterday and im sure there are many woman who have already learned this lesson. Never Never take your fiance wedding dress shopping they are of no help. I am now waiting for my future sister-in-law to arrive in Marrakech on the weekend to assist and of course Roxanne and Kiersten arrive soon and can help in the hunt!!

Missing Canada (sort of) knowing that its cold there helps me to appreciate the 35 temperatures. Craving sushi, I have found a sushi restaurant but I am afraid to try it - will let you all know when i get the courage;

Until next time maaselemma

easy peasy

Today we went to the Canadian Embassy. We were prepared for a 2 to 3 hour wait and even though the taxi driver took us to the wrong place we still managed to be the first ones there and we were in and out in 10 minutes. I have a bad cold started but we remain very happy despite the fact that we are in Rabat. We have the next couple of days to ourselves so Maybe we will have pictures to download soon.

my first update

HELLO EVERYONE I am in rabat. All typos and lack of punctuation are from a combination of a french keyboard and jet lag ( and that is the story I am sticking with)

my adventure started last weekend with the amazing zedding shower that roxanne had for me. Thank you for all the amazing gifts and kind wishes. I am incredibly lucky for the incredible friends and family i have.

So it all started with a 6 am call from air canada saying my flight was delayed3 hours and if i wanted to make my Toronto/Paris connection I needed to be at the airport for a 9 &m flight instead of 11. So 4 airports, 3 continents, and 26 (including trains) of travelling and I am in Rabat

After a very very long trip i finally arrive in casablanca and it is the only airport in the world - that ive been too where once you go outside you cant come back in without a full x-ray of your luggage and your person.

so i arrive - i sail through customs all my luggage arrives, and no abderrahim - but i see a lot of people outside and i havent had a cigarette since toronto so i think ill go outside and look for him and have a cigarette - but then cant get back in the airport: the cell phones are pay as you go and i have no charge on mine - there are no payphones outside and i hav no moroccan ,money:

so i go to the windows at arrivals and stand with my nose pressed up against the glass until i see abderrahim and i knock on the window: unfortunately he comes out to see me and then tells me the train station is inside the airport: so we have to catch a taxi into casa (about 40 canadian) then we have to wait almost 2 hours for a train with my hundred pounds of lugage: Everyone was right casa is much rougher

We ended up eating a can of smoked salmon pate i bought his mother for dinner.

Today is holiday so we will be relaxing and exploring rabat a little before we jump into the moroccan wedding beurocracy.

Despite the crazy long trip. I can not tell you all how incredible it feels to be with Abderrahim again after 7 months apart - im tired and my ankle is very sore and I dont care i am about as happy as i could possibly be my world is all perfect again. Bye for now everyone stay tuned for tales of moroccan hoop jumping

Welcome to Wedding Watch (nice alliteration, eh?)

Hello everyone from Stephanie's Blog masters (mistresses?) Heather & Devon McLellan. We are getting this started so that we can all watch and hear about the wedding from afar. As we get wedding and shower reports and pictures we will post them here so we can all keep track of Stephanie's antics and shenanigans and send her lots of love and encouragement online.