I Went to... Morocco!

   And it was beautiful! I know it was a very touristy deal. We rode around Tangier on a bus with a energetic tour guide yelling into a microphone. They even gave us little blue stickers that boasted the name of our tour company. But no matter! It was still beautiful. Yes, we rode camels. But even though that's what people seem to be the most excited about when they go to Morocco, I loved just walking around in the back alley ways with my camera. One of my friends and I were always at the back of the group, trying to get one last good picture while our bus driver waited patiently for us.

   I wanted to take people pictures so badly! Arabian people are - in general - beautiful and there were a lot of veiled women and traditionally dressed men. But I always feel so rude taking pictures of people. I'm sure they see so many tourists who just rudely snap pictures. There were several pictures that I was dying to take, but I didn't. But I did get some sneaky fotos while casually holding my camera on my hip.

   The school took us to a delicious Moroccan restaurant for lunch. We had couscous, sesame bread, salad, omelette, chicken kebabs (I politely shook my head), mint tea and tea cookies. The building was beautiful. Everything was decorated in the Arabic fashion; even the bathrooms were gorgeous and had beaded curtains hanging in front. There was even a group of men plucking away at their foreign-looking instruments while we ate!

   Maybe one day I'll get to back and actually see what Morocco is really like. A few weeks before, I had met this Moroccan girl and she told me that what we would see isn't really what Morocco is like. But at least I saw enough to add Morocco to my list!

Ferry from Tarifa (southernmost point in all of Europe) to Tangier, Marruecos

It's so weird when they stand up or crouch back down

I'm a camel. I am awesome.

Baby camel! Notice that I am not closer than a good foot. Too many horror stories about camels.

It took a surprising amount of courage to touch it. And I'm usually not a baby about stuff like that.

I really want a chipped blue door with a gorgeous door handle.

You can see fog rolling in on the top right. It was dense and dark and advanced quickly even 

as we stood on the cliff. They told us in 45 minutes the whole view would be covered.

Snake charmers! (read: awesome tourist photo-op)

Moroccan boys watching the snake charmer.

They would stick their head out, stare at us, then duck back in. The next time they came out,

I showed them this picture, and they started to giggle

Just chilling on the side of the road

This sesame bread was so good!

Live music during our meal!

Most delicious mint tea EVER

I noticed this man just pausing in the street even as everyone else swirled around him.

Upcoming posts about the Andalucia Trip: Sevilla (home of the third largest cathedral in the world) and Córdoba (with an astounding mezquita)

   ¡Ciao!