This weekend marked the third continent I've been to in the last 2 and a half months (and yes, I'm counting North America). We said goodbye to Sevilla on Friday and took off on a bus towards Morocco. As it turns out Morocco is closer to Sevilla than Madrid is! So one 3.5 hour bus ride, 1 hour ferry, and 1 hour bus ride we were safely at our hotel in M'Diq, Morocco (a very swanky area of Morocco).
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| On the ferry! |
We took this trip through a student travel agency called Discover Sevilla, and I must admit that at first I was very skeptical of how it would turn out. After hearing Kevin's stories from his trip to Morocco through We Love Spain, I was expecting the worst. But I ended up having a fantastic time! All of the guides we had were really friendly and genuinely fun to hang out with. Plus our group leader constantly surprised us with special foods (typical Morocco breads, cookies, candy, free drink tokens...) and surprise activities (to be discussed later). They made the whole trip a real vacation from our oh so very stressful Spanish lives! Not having to worry about bus times, where to eat, what to see, etc. was truly worth it.
Anyways, back to the trip. Friday as I said was mostly spent traveling. We got to the hotel and were given a very nice dinner of salad, bread, couscous and ice cream. Throughout the dinner we had surprise entertainers ranging from women modeling Moroccan clothes to a man dancing while holding candles.
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| Delicious couscous |
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| Sorry it's hard to see. He is balancing a tray of candles on his head while dancing! |
On Saturday we woke up early, had breakfast at the hotel and took off on a bus ride to Chefchouen. Practically the entire city is colored in the most gorgeous Carolina blue. It was so fun to walk around and take in the sites. We had a tour guide who lead us through the city's tiny roads and explained the culture and history behind the city.
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| View at our pit stop on the bus ride |
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| The streets were breathtaking |
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| Our tour group! |
After our tour we had lunch at a really cool restaurant. We sat on couches and munched on phenomenal Moroccan bread, the best salad I've had in a long time and some equally delicious Moroccan chicken. With full stomachs we were given a few hours to walk around and take part in the "Moroccan pastime", aka bartering. Dad, you would have absolutely loved this! I put my Barber genes to work for me and got some really cool things for some really great prices! While walking around we found this man named Mohammad who insisted he show us the best places. He lead us down the streets with his hand in the air shouting, "This way please! Number one please!" He was truly such a sweetheart and got us some great deals on Moroccan sandals! When we had to leave to go back he gave us little packs of incense to remember him by.
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| Lunch place |
We had another delicious dinner at the hotel that night and then were given free drink tokens for the hotel bar. We hung out at the hotel and on the beach and had a great night!
I'm going to leave Sunday for a separate post so I can cram as many pictures into this one as I can.
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