Hanging at ORD
3. Mai 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Easy start to the trip, very sparse lounge, but chill. Seat 6c, baby!
JFK Lounge
3. Mai 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Chilling at Star Alliance Lounge, had to sweet talk the lady to let me in. Tracking Ann and Ron, they are at the terminal at pre-check..... A very thorough young man made me wait 15 minutes because ofWeiterlesen
Air France to Paris
3. Mai 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We made it! Next stop, Paris....
Day, evening walkabout
4. Mai 2023 in Marokko
Flew in about 1:30 by the time we got our bags and shuttled over to the hotel. It was about 3:00 so we unpacked and cooled off a bit and our guy took us on a walkout and we ended up having dinner. AWeiterlesen
Rabat Botanical gardens
5. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A nice walk on a beautiful day outside of the gates of the main city and out to the botanic gardens, some really magnificent trees. I thought it was nice that it wasn't immaculately kept, we saw kidsWeiterlesen
Medina
5. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
When you walk out of the new city, the old city is called the Medina and there's a big old light red wall between them. It's the original city, I think before we Rabat became the capital and theyWeiterlesen
Lunch at La Menora
5. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Great lunch place, we sat on the patio and I had a tagine of beef shank, dates, apricots, and almonds and it was bomb! The ladies had chicken with olives and lemon and I believe Ron had MoroccanWeiterlesen
Nouzhat Hassan Garden
5. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
After I dropped the kids off at the hotel for a nap, I went back out and there was a super pretty and well maintained garden close to the hotel. I was the only Westerner in there but I did good withWeiterlesen
St Peter's Cathedral
5. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
1930s art deco cathedral. The outside does have Moroccan influences but you can see the cross at the very top and know it's not a mosque. The building is ginormous, super huge, but when you go insideWeiterlesen
Mauseleum of Mohammed V
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Beautiful day, mausoleum is on a bluff where it seems like you can see most of the city, you can see the opera house, the skyscraper, the river, and the Atlantic. The guide said it is the number twoWeiterlesen
Kasbah
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Kasbah right on the river that meets the Atlantic Ocean, so beautiful and a perfect day, blue skies, no humidity. Tight walkways between tall white stuccoed buildings, reminded me of European smallWeiterlesen
La Halinka
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Oldest coffee shop in the region with great views and even better people watching. Our crew of 15 had nos-nos, Moroccan whiskey, and baked goods. Left to right, Betty, Zaid, Penny, Kathy, local, Debi,Weiterlesen
Musee Mohammed VI
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Contemporary art museum, some really cool pieces. A fellow traveler gave us the tip that Google lens will translate text which came in handy because all descriptions were in Arabic and French.
Underground liquor stop
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Since we are staying in a Medina and not a hotel in Fez, we had to bring our alcohol with us. Alcohol is against the Muslim religion and should not be consumed..... Yet there are underground liquorWeiterlesen
Last Rabat dinner: Dinarjat
6. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Had a delicious Moroccan meal served family style. Live music, dancing, singing. On the walk to the restaurant, it was very tight corridors with these cute little pots overhead and had some very coolWeiterlesen
Drive to Fez
7. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Drove to Fez through an agricultural region between the Rif and Atlas mountains. Saw lots of olive and persimmon trees and the persimmon trees were easy to spot because they were netted in hugeWeiterlesen
Fez Medina
7. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Wow, the people the sounds, the smells were pretty overwhelming in our first experience in a Medina. Watched a lady rolling out bread, which they use in lieu of utensils for all their meals. Felt likeWeiterlesen
Riad Authentic Palace
7. Mai 2023 in Marokko
A Moroccan home that has been refurbished into a guest house, this Riad had 20 rooms, perfect for our group. Breakfast in the morning was simple and delicious, and the coffee was the best on theWeiterlesen
Al Attirine Madrasa
8. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
14th-century school for Islamic studies featuring ornate tile work & dramatic architecture. Beautiful carvings, they get the cedarwood wet and then carve it. What was interesting was the guide'sWeiterlesen
Fez Tannery
8. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Wow about sums it up. Did you know they soften hides for final product leather by soaking them in pigeon poop? Because of the ammonia? Yellow leather is more expensive than brown leather because theyWeiterlesen
Chergui Hotel: Arfoud
11. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The hotel is truly an oasis in the Sahara. The pool was amazing last night, really helped lower my body temperature before bed. Very much reminds me of the Palm springs area, a very dry heat and tonsWeiterlesen
Fossiles Kasbah
11. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Went to the fossil factory, I was completely caught off guard. I didn't really understand how they make fossils like in a factory, but the fossils are so prevalent in the area, they cut them out ofWeiterlesen
Kasar Errachidia Province
11. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Went to a tiny mini village called a Kasar, like a Kasbah in that it is a walled community but this one only has one door. We got to visit the school, and all the schools are easy to spot, it seems,Weiterlesen
Rissani Market & Lunch
11. Mai 2023 in Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
First full day in the Sahara, went to the weekly market in Rissani. I really enjoyed it because it was an open air market as opposed to the closed-in walls of the Fez Medina, but the vendors wereWeiterlesen
