The Days in Morrocco

Across the long Straights of Gibraltar, with the wind in our face, we went.

To Tangier we went for one night instead of streaking right through. Then
we travelled by a rickety old bus to a town called Asilah. We stayed
there for two nights. The town is right on the coast and we got to watch
the waves break on the rocks for half of an hour. After Asilah came
Rabat, the capital city and it is much more liberal. We got to see a huge
Roman trading post that is from 500BC. There were lots of people playing
on the beach and surfing off the coast of the city. Now we are staying in
Meknes, one of the Imperial Cities of Morocco. We found an extra day in
our schedule so we are staying here for another day. Next we go to
another huge tourist city called Fez. Then we go to Chefchouen, a town at
the foot of thre Rif mountains. Then we head back to Tangier to end the
visit to Morrocco.

While we were walking in Rabat we saw a kid sleeping on the corner at
3:00 with people walking 1ft away. Almost when and where ever you sit
down the are kids walking around selling gum or tissues for their food.
Some kids even run market stalls.

Our hotel in Meknes is called a Riad,or garden hotel. The sitting room
has a really arabic feeling. There are rooftop terracesand lots of
Moroccan crafts and art. I like the low round pillows to sit on. The
people are good managers because they try to entertain the guests instead
of some places they say here is you key, bye.

Some people are really nice and don't want tips for rederecting or
letting you look at things in their shop. But others want up to a half
dollar or make you buy what you touch. Were been able to talk and laugh
with people that don't speak very good English. And of couse we don't
speak Moroccan. So it is fun to try to communicate.
My favorite food so far is Thé de Menthe(mint tea with mint leaves and
green tea)and flat bread(which is a version of a pancake). But we've had
some really good sweets from the market. I really liked the Hiara soup
that we had in our hotel.
There is lots of stuff positive about this country including the market
stalls and the tourist trinket shops. We've been seeing alot of ruins of
palaces and the picture attached is of my dad and I in front of a roman
ruin and a ruined mosque of Chellah in Rabat.