You can scroll through the Morocco photo album using the right and left arrows on the image below to view all of my photos from this trip. https://www.flickr.com/photos/traveling-jack/albums/72157630053750412
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Morocco
Becoming a Mezze Eater
Every Moroccan lunch or dinner starts with “mezze”, which can loosely be described as a salad course. The typical mezze that we have been served ranges from six to eight separate items served cold as a first course, all fresh and all delicious. We have had carrots...
One World, or DisneyWorld?
Today was a "repositioning" day (Fez to Marrakesh, 8 hour bus ride), and yesterday's pictures haven't been reviewed yet, so this will be a "ruminating" post. In the "one world" category, one of the things that we understand is happening in Fez is a sort of...
Life Before GPS
The medina (medina means “old city”) in Fez is a spaghetti-strand collection of 15,000 tiny streets laid out in no discernible pattern, with no GPS system on earth capable of navigating one through this maze of twisting lanes and blind alleys. Only local residents of...
Getting All Warm and Fezzy
Day one was not really a “day” in the strict sense of the word. We departed Philly at 1 PM Friday on the shuttle to JFK, and flew overnight into Casablanca, arriving about 7:45 AM. We then “hit the road” on our charter motorcoach, arriving at our first night’s lodging...
Come to the Kasbah, Ray, Old Chum
A few interesting little "factoids" about Morocco, before we board our flight and actually land in this interesting country. First of all, despite the witty title, a kasbah is not really a spot for nightlife, but a place of refuge. According to Wikepedia, a kasbah...
Morocco Itinerary
Here is the tentative itinerary for my ten day exploration of Morocco: Day 1 - depart JFK on Royal Air Maroc enroute to Casablanca Day 2 - Arrive Casablanca, bus to Rabat, then on to Fez Day 3 - Fez Day 4 - Meknes, then to Volubilis Day 5 - through the Atlas...
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