المغرب/maroc

Never thought I'd be able to say that I took a weekend trip to Morocco... but I did! And though getting there (actually mostly just getting back) very strongly resembled my first journey to Cádiz, I can safely say that I had the most amazing trip and it is one of my favorite places I have visited while here. Everything I saw was so picturesque and so beautiful, and while I would never ever EVER visit alone (I got a little - very little - taste of it, and that was definitely enough for me), I know that I want to go back and see more of Morocco.

We spent our time only in Fes. We - back up. By "we," I am referring to the four of us who went - three girls (including myself) and one guy. Ok, again. We left Cádiz on Thursday and caught a couple hour bus to Tarifa, the southernmost point of Spain (and actually of mainland Europe, as well). From there, we caught a ferry to take us to Tangier, Morocco. The exciting part about that was in realizing that it was only 30-45 minutes to Africa! It was a pretty rough ferry ride, but we arrived safely in Tanger, where we were immediately greeted by people hoping to drive us, or offering a place to stay, or tours, and on, and on.
I had booked a riad earlier that day, but because we waited so long to finalize our lodging situation, there was only room for two of us. The other two in our group found a hotel, but I must say that our riad was heaven. They sent a taxi to pick us up and bring us to the riad (dropping the others off along the way), where Michelle and I were greeted with Moroccan fava bean salad; typical Moroccan bread; a tagine with chicken, dried apricots, and plums; and for dessert fresh orange slices covered in cinnamon. After all of this, they offered us sweet mint tea, as well, but it was already 1 o'clock in the morning, and we felt kind of bad that they were still cooking for us.

to be continued...