Chapter #21......around the world

MOROCCO......many movies have been made there or about there.  It was always a mysterious, exciting sounding place.  Well, I can say it is everything you might think it is.  Ann and I flew into MADRID, stayed a couple of days and took the train down to TORREMOLINUS and took a 10 day tour of Morocco on a double-decker bus.  It was wonderful to be able to stop at small markets, see the desert and the many herds of sheep, goats and camels.
Such an interesting land Morocco lies across the straight of Gibraltar on the Mediterranean.  Morocco has been the home of the Berbers since the second Millennium BC. The Arabs invaded Circa in 685 bring Islam to the nation.  When it came under the control of the Sherif dynasty.....decedents from the prophet MOHAMMAD and rules Morocco today.  I loved the mixed of people we mingled with in the bazaars and the fantastic cultures.  We sat on the cushions at the low tables, ate with our hands, not recognizing much of what we ate.  The music was catching.  We went to the bar in Casablanca that Clark Gable made famous in the movie "Casablanca".  We traveled  to Tangiers, Casablanca, Agadir, Rabat, Marrakech, Fez and many small villages along the way.   I loved the souks and the snake charmers in the market.