I went out for fondue last night with some lovely ladies I know. Since restaurants don't open here until 8p.m., we made our reservations for 8:30 and although it was pretty empty when we got there, we weren't the first ones! There was another couple already there, which does not normally happen. Just because someone else was already in the restaurant didn't necessarily mean that we were eating dinner at an acceptable Moroccan time - in fact, the owner was still in shorts and a T-shirt when we were there. Later in the evening, he changed into his formal attire. By the time we left at half past midnight, the restaurant was still popping.
It's been kind of crazy adjusting to Moroccan time - nothing runs on schedule and everything's closed between 12 and 4 for nap time. The French schools even have a break for a couple of hours at lunch and go until 5:30 or 6p.m. Unfortunately for adjustment, CAS operates on American time. Our standard hours of 8-4 do not allow for nap time, although most of the Moroccan staff sleep during their lunch breaks to make up for the fact that they don't got to bed at an early hour. Fatima Zahra, who works at school with me, recently went to a wedding around 10:30p.m. and when she left at 3a.m. they hadn't even served dinner yet. Makes for a really tiresome day at work!
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