Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Hamaming alone... or not so alone
So my friends were going to hamam on Thursday, and I couldn't go then because I was going to Passover Sedar, so I decided to go alone. I was going to go in one of the showers, because I was alone, but the lady at the front of the shop convinced me to go hamaming, so I did. So I sit in a corner and start scrubbing. This time I've forgotten to get the lotion soap, so I'm just scrubbing, the lady beside me sees me and tells me, no, you have to use the lotion soap, and gives me some. Then they send me to the hot room, I think just to open my pores, but they want me to scrub, so I do. Obviously I'm not doing it right, because then another lady comes up and starts scrubbing my back and showing me how it's done. I introduce myself and find out her name is Hagar. I then go back to my place and continue scrubbing. I start talking to the lady beside me (her name is Fatiha) and she tells me about her two kids and asks if I'm married (maybe she wanted me to get with her 17 year old son?). I tell her I have a boyfriend and we talk some more. I start scrubbing myself with soap and she offers me her soap scrubber. I accept and use it, and when I clean it and try to give it back, she won't let me. I get the impression she wants to trade numbers, but we're in the hamam, so it's hard. I decide I'm too dehydrated and have to go before she does. I feel kind of bad, she's done all these nice things for me. So I tell her she's nice and beautiful and try to be as thankful as possible before I leave. I had sort of experienced Moroccan hospitality before, but this was the best I've experienced so far.
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