First day in Morocco and a partial post here: enjoy! http://wp.me/p1y7S5-lX More pix to come.

I'm about as ready as I can be!

This is Anita - packed and ready to see Marge and Phyl tomorrow. Last thing to do tonight is get my NCAA brackets sent in...not to win the billion apparently, but to perhaps beat my two brothers. Some numbers everyone should have for the trip: US Consulate in Casablanca: (212)(537)20-80-97 US Embassy in Rabat: (212)(537)76-22-65 See ya'll soon!

We're off to Morocco

You are in the right place to follow our trip to Morocco, leaving this Thursday. We are a group of 8 and we don't all know each other, but we soon will.
When we land Friday morning we'll head south from the Casablanca to Essaouira, which has been described as " the most enchanting town on the Atlantic, and perhaps on all the coasts of Morocco." Temperatures there have been 68-72, so we intend to finally shed the winter of 2014.

Our last stop in Morocco

We will be staying in the medina of Salé, across the river from Rabat. Looks nice.

Goat kids for kids

Liz Williams of  Authentic Morocco has been very helpful and attentive to our needs and questions while planning for the desert adventure. We hope to meet her in Marrakesh. Marge and I have been impressed with her reports of efforts to improve life for the people of the area, especially the children. This description and video tells the story of children of the Sahara:http://www.saharachildren.org/

Marge and I are going to donate goats. Join us if you can.

Where we are sleeping the last week

Tangier: The Hotel Rembrandt

Larache:  La Maison Haute

These websites are in French. You can also check them out on Trip Advisor.

Tangier Arts

An interesting evening of music at the American Legation, from the Director's blog:
TALIM

Visit the singer's website for her music.