Category Trips
Europe 2025 – Almeria, Part Two
April 22 – 24 We walked up a short but steep hill to get to the entrance of the fortified complex known as the Alcazaba of Almeria. The word Alcazaba, from the Arabic word, signifies a walled fortification in a city. In 955, Almería was given the title of medina (“city”) by the Caliph of […]
Europe 2025 – Almeria, Part One
April 22 – 24 We loaded our stuff in the Kuga and hit the road for what would be a three-hour drive to Jessie and Dave’s condo in a small community, Vera Playa, about an hour past Almeria, which curiously is the town listed in their address and for many of the nearby restaurants. During […]
Europe 2025 – Malaga
April 21 We would have an early start this morning, needing to catch the ferry to Tarifa in Spain at 10:00 am. By now, our many years of travel make these kind of starts easier with the practice and routine we’ve developed. After a few short weeks, the layout in your bag becomes fixed and […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Tangier, Part Two
April 19 – 20 Finished with our drinks at Gran Café de Paris, we walked around the corner onto Boulevard Pasteur to the impressive Place de Faro terrace, with its cannons and views back to Spain. It’s nicknamed “Terrace of the Lazy Ones”: instead of making the trek down to the harbor, family members came […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Tangier, Part One
April 19 – 20 Our train trip to Tangier would be a different experience from the one that took us to Rabat. We were booked on the high-speed train for a journey of about three hours. It would run 550 Dirhams ($61) for the two of us in a coach that rivaled its European counterparts […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Rabat, Part Two
April 17 – 18 Leaving Chellah in another Tuk Tuk for the same fee as before, we rode the mile and a half to an esplanade that contains both the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Hassan Tower. The Mausoleum contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, King Hassan […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Rabat, Part One
April 17 – 18 With another early morning departure, this time to catch our train to Rabat, we asked the desk clerk the night before about a taxi and they said it could be arranged, but when we asked the morning clerk, the contacts he normally uses were not available. The three of us then […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Marrakech, Part Two
April 14 – 16 For our hot air balloon ride the next day we needed to be up and out quite early, something like 6:30 so we walked out to the small plaza just outside the pedestrian lanes to the Riad. After a short wait, a driver picked us up and then made a couple […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Marrakech, Part One
April 14 – 16 After another nice breakfast at the Riad we climbed into the van for the last leg of our tour, the short drive to Marrakech. On the way down out of the mountains we stopped at a viewpoint overlooking a terraced valley reminiscent of those we’d seen in Peru and the twisting, […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Fes to Marrakech, Part One
April 11 – 13 We set out the next morning for the beginning of three days of travel that would lead us to Marrakech, the final stop of our tour. We would spend three nights in three different locations, first at Sahara camp, next near Todra Gorge, and finally in Alt Benhaddou. That drive from […]
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