Younis and I made it back to sunny Morocco after a long 9 days on our own traveling in France. I must say that the travel days were a challenge, but Younis charmed everyone along the way and had so much fun once we reached our final destinations. Just to make sure I had enough stories in my pocket to share once we got back to Morocco, our flight in Paris was delayed due to the Air France strike, but luckily only by an hour. However, Mr. Younis was so exhausted by this point and wound up, he started playing a fun game of running away from me at the airport. A parent's worst nightmare!! Especially with my ridiculously heavy backpack full of valuable items. Thank god the delay was short. I had mentally prepared for the worst and just knew Younis wouldn't sleep which was accurate. He finally passed out about 20 minutes before landing. He was so exhausted going through customs, he didn't even want me to hold him and just sat on the ground, yuck. When we finally got through and saw Baba, Younis was so excited. He gave him lots of big hugs and kisses and just to make sure we all knew kept saying "Baba there."
On our last day in St. Galmier, we went to a zoo not far from Lyon where they had tons of monkeys, Younis was most excited about the "baby monkeys" and made friends with one monkey who looked particularly lonely and eager for some attention.
We ate extremely well in St. Galmier and enjoyed fresh baked goodies. A young Swiss woman staying with my host-family for a week was an excellent baker and helped me make cinnamon rolls, yum! Younis also got to eat his first French crepe which he of course thoroughly enjoyed.
Back in Paris, we spent our last couple days with good college friends, Ashleigh and Amber and Ashleigh's adorable daughter Stella. It was so wonderful to see good friends and spend time together. Younis was especially excited to meet Stella's papa who became "daddy". I think Younis was missing male energy so gravitated towards him when he was around.
Now we're back in Morocco and settling back into our life here for the next couple months. We move to a beach house for our last two months here next week. We're really excited to spend time right on the beach, definitely feels like a once in a lifetime experience to wake up right there, pictures to come.
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