On this trip I visited Egypt & Jordan (with an extension to Saudi Arabia which I canceled) should have netted me 3 new countries and gotten me up to 74, but has me rethinking my strategy of traveling just to add countries that I have not been to. Or perhaps I should pay more attention…
So… as I am in my second day in Portugal and enjoying that very much, I lose interest in detailing Morocco. Such is life. We went through the Roman ruins at Volubilis and on to Fes, the spiritual center, then over the Atlas Mountains to Erfoud and Ouarzazate where so many movies were made. Marrakech…
Morocco has had a number of capitals including Fes, but the current capital was moved to Rabat to be closer to the largest city and the center of commerce – Casablanca. We visited the kasbah inside which was a city from the Roman era. This image shows the mihrab from a Roman era mosque. It…
So, I will do a quick overview of Morocco before delving into each city. Last night we all said our good-byes and, today, I started returning to hermit mode. Stayed to myself and flew from Casablanca to Lisbon. Overall, it was a good group with lots of fun people, but, in the end, being around…
As I stepped through the door from customs into the greater Casablanca area, I realized that no one was there to meet me and, once again, the feeling of “What the Hell am I doing?” washed over me. I realized that I do this to myself intentionally and, like being unable to travel at all,…