Friday, April 29, 2016

5 Days in Spain


Just back from spending five days in Seville.  We did so much walking and had so much fun I didn't take time to blog.  So I'm catching up now.

The ferry was late arriving Friday evening, so here we are, killing time in Tangiers.



















Note:  These were taken as a live photo on my iPhone, but Blogger isn't up to speed on displaying it yet.  Also had a great pic of a full moon over Tangiers, but the final frame is just a blur.


After crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, we spent the night in Tarifa at a small pension.

View the next morning of a Tarifa street from my room







And had breakfast.  I chose scrambled eggs, huevos revueltos (which when pronounced in Spanish sounds very much like revolting eggs. But they were delish!






Two hours later we arrived in Seville.  For the next four days we visited all our favorite places.


A park where the trees have huge roots




















Eating tapas for lunch at Levies















Missing NM so we had Mexican food


Ice cream at the Metropol Parasol, mostly referred to as the Waffle


































View of Seville from the top of the Waffle


And we toured the Antiquarium, housing Roman ruins discovered during the construction of the Waffle 

Note the massive footings that support the Waffle in the background


And we visited a new site.

The maritime museum.  Seville is the port that Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and Amerigo Vespucci, to name a few, sailed from.

They would have sailed down this river to the ocean
Back in Morocco now and looking forward to good times here.







Thursday, April 21, 2016

More travel adventures


I'm back in Morocco.  It's been a while since I've checked in, so here's a condensed update.

The end of last May I moved from Maine to Albuquerque, New Mexico and I'm finally settled in.  Always takes longer that I think it will.

I've been here in Morocco a couple of days.  Joe and family moved about the same time I did, so learning a new house, a new neighborhood and how to get around Rabat.  Bigger house and much larger yard.


This is on one side of the house
Here's the other side




And here's the view from my bedroom balcony

That's right.  I have my very own balcony.


Also remembering how much I love the food here.  And the mint tea.

And the kids.

Went to their "dance extravaganza" last night and here are a few highlights.


Selma











Kenza













Rachma's daughter













Tomorrow, we leave for Spain.  More adventures forthcoming.