Chilling in Essaouira

We spent four days in Essaouira, a little town on the coast of Morocco.  After the busy crowds of Marrakech, Essaouira was a literal and figurative breath of fresh air.  (The temperature was about 10 degrees cooler than we had been having in Marrakech!)  It’s actually known for its windsurfing but we managed to get…

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Riding camels in the Sahara desert

We really wanted to ride camels in the desert! We had originally planned to go to a different part of the Sahara, but we found out that this was one occasion where travelling independently was actually going to be more expensive than taking a tour. We changed our plans accordingly and joined a group tour…

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Jemaa el-Fna and Marrakech

After the intense experience of the Fes medina, it was a delight to arrive in the comparatively chilled town of Marrakech. We had booked a great hotel which was less than a minutes walk off the main square, Djema El-Fnaa (also spelled Jemaa el-Fna). In the daytime the square is filled with people selling things,…

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The Roman ruins of Volubulis

We decided to take ourselves from Fes to the Roman ruins of Volubulis.  We didn’t want to take a tour, as these ran at at least 800 dirhams for us both from Fes. We took ourselves there using a few different steps (I’ll write a separate post on this for anyone who is interested in…

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A better experience in Fes

So, you might be wondering – what did we like about Fes after our rough start? Well, we did manage to find a few things! We had two full days in Fes as well as a side trip to the fabulous Roman ruins of the city of Volubulis.  In between the lowlights, we found some awesome things….

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A bad start to Fes

We caught a bus to Fes, which went smoothly and included a stop at a little roadside stall where we tried delicious fresh cooked burgers.  When we arrived at the bus station at night, we were immediately confronted by lots of taxi drivers asking us where we wanted to go.  One man attached himself to…

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The blue town of Chefchaouen

After twelve days relaxing in Rincon de la Victoria, we were ready for a change of scene.  We decided to take a ferry across to Africa – after taking a bus to Malaga, a bus to Algeciras and then a ferry we found ourselves in Ceuta, Spain.   We hadn’t known this, but Spain maintains a…

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Rest and recovery

As we travel, a lot of people ask us “Don’t you get tired of travelling for so long?”  The answer is…sometimes. We realised that the south of Spain would be a really nice place to stop and relax over Easter, so we rented an Airbnb apartment and stayed in one place for the longest time…

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Semana Santa in Seville

The week before Easter is called Semana Santa (Holy week).  The city of Seville has one of the most famous celebrations in the world.  Throughout the week, different brotherhoods process from their churches to the main Cathedral of Seville and then back to their own churchs.  The people in the procession are called Nazarenos and…

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Cordoba again

For anyone who has been reading our blog for awhile, you might remember that we visited Cordoba, Argentina last year.  A year later, we found our way to Cordoba, Spain.  Cordoba was one of the great Muslim cities in Spain, and still has an interesting mix of things to see.  After we arrived, we went…

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