After a long period of planes, trains, and automobiles, we finally arrived to our maison d’hote, ate couscous, and slept well last night in our orientation site of Moulay Idriss. For our first orientation session in country we surprised the......Read More
A short update to let you know that the Morocco students have arrived in Casablanca, met up with their third instructor, and are currently waiting for their train to take them to their orientation site. We are wishing them all a relaxing ride to the......Read More
We are in Paris! We brainstormed our ideal group super powers for the course: teleportation, speak any language, super strength, laugh, to melt, shapeshifting, read minds, nightvision and not get tired, change the temperature, eat and drink as much......Read More
Hello All, A quick update to let you know the Morocco group is together at Dulles Airport. The students and two instructors (Elke and Foster) had a great first team meeting, made their way through security, prepared snacks for the plane, and are......Read More
Hello Summer Students! We've just decided to host our first ever "1-Minute Visual Story" Contest in addition to our regular end-of-program Photo Contest. Here's the details......Read More
Labas (How are you) Dragons students? First, shokran bezaf (thank you very much) for posting your introduction Yaks! We can see the excitement for our travels in Morocco is palpable in all of us, and since we’ve finished all the student phone......Read More
Hi my name is Ava and I am from San Francisco. I graduated from high school in May and I’m taking a gap year. I’m super excited to learn about the religion of Islam and some Arabic. See ya soon!...Read More
Hi! My name is Abril and I am from the Bronx in New Y0rk. Im also a rising senior in high school right now and I became interested in Dragons because of the Summer Search program that introduced me to Dragons. I choose Morocco for my trip because I......Read More
Hi y’all, my name is Jackson and I am from Warren, New Jersey. I heard about Where There Be Dragons from a presentation at my school and I was immediately interested. I have always loved traveling and I cannot wait to see Morocco with all of......Read More
Hi, my name is Nikki Farber, I am a rising junior from Fairfield County, Connecticut. My school sends a lot of students on Dragons trips so I heard about the program from some of my friends who went on similar trips, though none to Morocco. I was......Read More
Hi, my name is Emma and I am from Houston Texas. I heard about dragons through my boarding school when someone came to visit and brought a catalog, I immediately knew I wanted to do a trip. I have always loved to travel and my family did a lot of......Read More
Dear Dragons Students & Parents, Your journey is right around the corner and we can’t wait to meet you! Below is a reminder about your day-of travel details. Should you need to reach our staff during students’ travel days (both during AND......Read More
Kidayra l-Firqa l-Maghribia (How is the Morocco Team)?, In no time at all, 18 days to be exact, our plane will touch down in Casablanca, and we will begin to experience firsthand the incredible diversity of Morocco. We will adventure into the......Read More
Hi all! My name is Henry, and I live in Winchester, MA. I am a rising senior at the Dublin School. I love traveling and was drawn to this particular Dragons course by the opportunity to start learning Arabic in a North African country and to......Read More
Greetings! My name is Alisa (uh-leeeeee-suh). I am 198 months old and from Connecticut. I was primarily interested in this trip because I find Arabic scripture to be pretty and am intrigued by Morocco’s rich history. I enjoy reading, learning,......Read More
Hi guys! My name is Stefan and I’m from Princeton, New Jersey. I heard about Dragons from a friend of mine who went to China last year, and it seemed really interesting so I wanted to check it out. My family also loves to travel, which drew me to......Read More
