Several friends (faithful readers of the blog), including Kate R, John P, and Lisa G strongly recommended Morocco. Kate's point is that Portugal is a lot like Spain, while Morocco is very, very different.
Carol was very nervous about going to an Arabic-speaking country on our own, so we had arranged for drivers/guides/and a nice hotel. And that's how we ended up in an airport lounge in Marrakech with a Christmas tree in the closet. Since it is March and not December, the artificial Christmas tree being in a closet and not out was not surprising. Since it is Morocco, the fact that there is an artificial Christmas tree at all IS very surprising. It's a mystery that we will not know the answer to.
Merry Christmas from Marrakesh!
Being an Islamic country, the other thing you notice right away is the predominance of geometric designs. Those designs are not just in the mosques, but all throughout the public spaces. We've been here a day and a half, and I've already taken more than 500 pictures, many of which focus on said geometric designs.
Typical geometric design. This was in the airport
lounge in Marrakesh. A sign of things to be seen.
There were long lines at passport control. We were zipped through a special line that had exactly zero people in front of us. The Moroccan passport control man tried to make small talk welcoming us to his country in English, so we made small talk back. Our bags were already on the carousel, so it was a very painless entry.
* We have traversed Europe, and now Northern Africa many times by flying through Frankfurt or Munich. And yet, we still do not claim Germany as a visited country, as we have never set foot outside of the airport. Torie has plans to visit Berlin on her second spring break, which would make her the first of our family to really be there.
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