Okay, so I’m a few days behind. As I write this it’s 12:40 am, and I
have to be up and ready for the flight to Casablanca at 4:15 … not
good! But I need to download some pix, so while I’m waiting I thought
I’d catch you up a little… Read the rest of this entry »

Just wanted to say things are good .. I’m learning a TON, very intense here. I’m behind by a couple of days, battery’s going dead … but things are great. Enjoy the new pix!

More pix of Morocco …

http://homepage.mac.com/digitaldescartes/PhotoAlbum43.html

Also not edited … but here are some more pix of Spain and Morocco …

http://homepage.mac.com/digitaldescartes/PhotoAlbum42.html

So … we take this bus ride out to some palm trees. We have no idea
what to expect. But upon arrival we know it’s going to be amazing.
There are a dozen berbers on horses with their guns lining the red
carpet — which is lit with dozens of moroccan lamps — leading us into
a little square where they had arranged … Read the rest of this entry »

After arriving via train we ran into a number of people, and — as
you know — got talked out of our clothing in front of my friends and
what you would expect would be a very “prudish” moroccan woman. After
that experience, we were hungry, and we got a restaurant recommendation
in the main square. The square itself was a zoo … not just
figuratively, but nearly literally … Read the rest of this entry »

The page is posting now, and I’m not sure if this link will be right, but I have to go to class. Try this link in about 15 minutes:

Also not edited … but here are some more pix …

http://homepage.mac.com/digitaldescartes/PhotoAlbum41.html

Today I got naked with 3 of my male friends. Not something that one
would normally admit in a blog on the internet … but it was simply
…. Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday morning came early, and we knew that we had a potentially
difficult trip out. We got a little bit of a late start, checked out of
our hotel, and went to the main cathedral to see the rest of it. (We’d
only seen the private “chapel,” which is maybe 1/8th of the church,
during the services.) So we get there, and the coolest thing — by far
– is seeing the tomb of … Read the rest of this entry »

Cordoba is known for a mosque that was built starting in 900 AD
called La Mesquita. We jumped off our high-speed train, took a taxi,
and were quickly there. Although the guidebooks showed some pictures
and described it, there’s simply no way … Read the rest of this entry »