RABAT. The afternoon before the Close of Service (for the group of 43 volunteers who will be done the end of November) conference began, a friend and I visited Chellah. These are ruins of an ancient Roman city and a Merenid necropolis. The Phoenicians were the first in this region before the Romans took control about 40AD, and now it is "controlled" by a large colony of storks.

This is a nice, quiet place full of beautiful flowering trees of many types, and has a great view of the river and other parts of Rabat.
The night before, our Volunteer Advisory Council group, of which I just concluded being the chair, went to the newly opened TGIFridays for dinner; we indulged in some real American food and atmosphere while we watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. It was great fun!