The last stop on our camel caravan route through Morocco, sans camels. Marrakech embodies all the romance Americans yearn for when visiting Morocco. The sumptuous riads, the diverse streets of […]

Well, now I understand why staying in a Moroccan “riad” in Marrakech is such a big deal! Whitney and I entered Riad & Spa le Secret de Zoraida, and our […]

What is going on with those goats?!? How do they get up there? And it looks like they’ll fall getting down!! Well it has to do with argon nuts–the nut […]

Climbing high into the Atlas Mountains, we passed traditional Berber homes built of stones and mud. The dwellings cling to the side of the mountains, and it’s hard to imagine […]

What an adventure I’m having! I love ogling maps and wishing they could transform into a viewfinder so I could SEE what’s there. This week I feel like I’ve jumped […]

I love road trips! So I woke with anticipation even though we’d be in the car around 8 hours. Because this is the first G Adventures tour in Morocco since […]

Negotiating for a mosaic piece, the man asked where I would be shipping the piece. I said “Idaho.” He said “you don’t know?!?” Whenever anyone asks where we’re from, the […]

The blue city is heavenly, which makes sense. There was a large influx of Jews as the Second World War started. For the Jews, the color represents the sky, which […]

Tangier’s old Medina couldn’t be more different than Casablanca’s Medina. In fact, Casablanca in general seems grimy, if I’m honest. And Tangier seems spit-shined and ready for church. I didn’t […]

Our introduction to dining in Casablanca couldn’t have been more spectacular. Here is a peek at the restaurant, Dar Da Da: It was our first tagine. The vegetables are artfully […]

Casablanca is the business capital of Morocco. A quarter of the population live here–10,000,000 people! So it’s not romantically inclined, as you might assume from the movie of the same […]