Hola!

Hola!
made it to Madrid.
Morocco was very interesting. i could not possibly recommend travelling there during Ramadan if you can avoid it. Makes life tricky. However once I decided that my main priority was family - not having seen my sister for 9 years - I enjoyed myself. Unfortunately my great niece Alya was in hospital when I arrived, as she has had a cyst on the brain. It is NOT a tumour, and she IS going to be okay, and is home and recovering well. But it´s a big strain on a little kid, never mind the rest of the family. However what impressed me greatly was her determination - she,s only two and a half, but such strength of will and courage to make her leg and hand work the way she wants them to is amazing in such a little one.

So, lots of family time and catching up, with my sister and brother in law, not so much with my nephew and niece, but we did see as much of them as possible.

This meant that I did not contemplate trying to go to places far distant from Casa, and we explored Casa and Rabat, and I dealt with the heat. It was bloody hot and very sticky and pretty polluted too.

Casa is not at all the tourist idea of Morocco - but full of interest nonetheless. I particularly liked the juxtaposition of donkeys hauling carts laden with produce, rubbish or whatever, alongside the Mercs which were everywhere. the driving is mad, tooting all the time, all the Petit taxis (little red cars, Fiats etc)n are dinged all over, and it is not surprising when you see how they drive-. Road rules seem to be an indication only..............


see next post for how I finally got to Casa (not as easily as planned=) and Madrid