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Tomorrow we are reentering the Euro zone so our goal for today was to spend most of our Dhirams on gifts for ourselves and friends.

We are going to return to Spain on Monday so Chefcaouen is going to be our last stop in Morocco, but it is a good

Chefchaouen is known as the blue city in Morocco and is a must see stop on any tour of Morocco. It is not a large

Today was all about driving. We have relocated to a beautiful mountain town in the Rif Mountains called Chefchaouen. The total drive was about 200

Our friends Fred and Denise Cook told us not to miss Volubilis. Volubilis was originally a Berber city founder around 300 bc. It was subsequently

We decided to move on from Fez. On the way over the mountains we had passed thru a town that caught our attention. It had

Today we tackled Fez on our own and had a much better day. There were two main sites we had not seen on Saturday so

Following up on yesterdays blog, before we went to bed and before she read the blog, Ton said-“I am done with guides”. She read the

First impressions are a funny thing. I was really looking forward to Fez. I was prepared to have it be the highlight of our Moroccan

The 280 kilometer drive today took over 5 hours. The roads were generally good, but we drove through the middle Atlas Mountains and they are

We were in the Sahara for dawn again this morning. It was another beautiful sunrise, and Ton was very happy running along the dunes with

We headed out into the Sahara for sunrise. That statement feels like it should be followed with something more dramatic, than Ton took pictures and

We were up at the crack of dawn, which isn’t that much of a chore as it is at 7:10 am, but nevertheless. We wanted

We crossed over the High Atlas mountains today. We have become friends with two British couples over the last week. They did a night in

Our visit to Essaouira began with a stop at a grocery store, and most importantly our first visit to a Moroccan liquor store. Alcohol consumption

We wimped out today. The weather has been very hot the last few days with highs in the low and mid 90’s. When we go

We wanted another day in Marrakech so we booked a taxi into the city in the morning. There were two historical sites on our agenda

We took a day trip today into the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The Ourika Valley is easily accessible from Marrakech and has been transformed

Great cities have an energy that sets them apart, New York, Bangkok, and Paris come to mind, Marrakech is part of those elite cities that

We shifted about 300 kilometers today to a city whose name always conjured up images of the exotic to me. The drive over was on

We decided last night to pass on Rabat, but to instead explore the town we are in. Ton had done some reading and discovered that

We booked a taxi to take us into Casablanca yesterday and were quoted a quite reasonable price for the day. In the morning Mohammed one

Today we moved about 200 kilometers south to a campground between Rabat and Casablanca. Our plan is to use this campground as a base to

For the first time in about 2 weeks we were able to sleep in, and not have the bulk of our day spent in François.

We made it to Morocco. It has been a long journey from Amsterdam to get here, but the first impression is that it was worth