Toured the Hassan II mosque. It is capable of holding 25000 worshippers, with separate balcony sections for women, and ablutions in the basement. Amazingly, it was built in only six years (1987-93) by 10000 artisans and 2000 labourers at a cost north of US$2.5 billion. Overwhelming in scale and detail. The courtyard outside can hold […]
Now, a word on driving in Morocco. Perspective. Perspective is important. For example, Angela is accustomed to driving almost exclusively in North America, where there are rules and most people follow them. When people don’t, they get honked at, or flicked off, or road rage develops. I think she has found the last two days […]
Today we left Rabat. We shouldn’t have – the itinerary had us stay two nights in Rabat, but somebody didn’t look at the itinerary (me!). Sigh.We rose this morning and I headed out to exchange money and get sim cards for the phones, both of which were easy tasks, although now we are walking around […]
We rose early this morning and prepared to depart Spain. We had walked to the ferry terminal last night to figure out exactly where we needed to go this morning to reduce confusion. It wasn’t needed. First, there was decent signage. Second, the ferry was late. It was due to depart at 12:00, but at […]
We got an early start this morning, in part because Portugal switched to daylight savings time last night. A bit of initial confusion, deconflicting the phone and the watch. A quick shower and breakfast, then we loaded the bikes and took off, winding our way south on smaller and smaller roads until we got to […]
For the afternoon, after checking on the bikes we walked around the town. Lots of narrow roads, most of which people drive along. So many one-way roads! I wonder how many people scrape the sides of their cars entering and exiting what I would normally consider an alley or a footpath! We did find a […]
