Sometimes, it’s like another planet–one filled with nomads, where sandstorms are a part of life and where things just look a bit different. We’re an American family who until recently were living and working in Nouakchott, Mauritania, located where the sands of the Sahara Desert meet the waters of the Atlantic. We’re spending a year in Portland, Oregon, before moving back to Africa. This blog chronicles the various aspects of our lives, from adjusting back to the US (easier said than done) to the kids doing a correspondence course in French, with a little Arabic and Spanish thrown in. I am wife to Donn and mother to Elliot, 12, and boy-girl twins Abel and Ilsa, 10.
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October 25, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Mary
Hi there! I noticed your comment over at my sister-in-law’s blog, Tip of the Iceberg. I know I’ve stopped this way before or at least “seen” you in some familiar blog neighborhoods.
I thought I’d ask if you could recommend any past posts that are quintessential Planet Nomad. I’d like to poke around the archives a bit but I like a map when I go exploring!
Mary
November 28, 2006 at 3:13 pm
zsvoice
Hey, it sounds exotic moving to a place like this. I can see the hardship, though, coming from the US to adjust living with lower standards of technology. I hope you fare fine and have a lot of fun…
January 4, 2007 at 1:05 am
jeana
Do you know how many times I’ve thought and laughed about the Christmas musical you told me about? “You WILL be with child.” Thanks for the giggles.
October 29, 2007 at 10:37 pm
SUDqAuon
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March 8, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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March 24, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Jacqueline Kollepen
Great pics of Marrakech, though I have not been to Rabat. I have however been to Essaouira, which I loved. Morrocco on the whole is fab, the people wonderful, Rai and Gnawa music beautiful. Wish I could live there!
March 28, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Michelle at Scribbit
Any chance you’re available to drop me an email? I can’t find your address–
scribbit at gmail.com