THE KING

So, I did see the king after all! Yesterday we were running late to class so we hopped into a taxi, only to be stopped two blocks down the road by a blockade. We had to get out of the taxi and run to try to make it to class. We did not get very far. When we got to Hassan II (a street), we couldn't believe the number of people lining the streets. I guess the King was doing another procession and we wanted to stay, but again we didn't know how long it would be and we had to be to class in 15 minutes. We crossed the street and island in the middle to get to the side where the traffic was flowing. We caught a taxi there and got it just as the procession began. The taxi drove slowly as BMW's and Mercedes' drove down the other side of the street. After about 6 cars, we saw King Mohamed VI standing up through the sunroof of a Mercedes, with his bodyguards hanging out of each open door. He was driving really fast, and waving as he went, so we only saw him for about 10 seconds, but it was still a magnificent sight.