Another day and another hill top town, which means everywhere we go is either up or down. What was special about the bus trip from Tarifa to here, apart from the confusion at the bus station about which bus to take, was the proliferation of wind turbines all the way. It’s hard to estimate but on the 35min trip, there would have been 100 plus. All along the ridges of the hills, in the wheat fields, incredible. The bus dropped us at Barca de Vejer which is at ...

What a great start to Europe. Crossing from Tanger-Mediterraneane, Morocco to Algeciras in Spain, it was almost 56 years since I first saw the Rock of Gibraltar from the sea, and it still looks the same, a sleeping lion facing the sea. Up at 5:00am for. 6:00am departure and a 2hr drive to the ferry terminal 2 hrs before the 11:00 ferry. We made by 8:00 and after going through customs etc, made the 9:00 ferry, which was good because it was almost empty and it g...

So here we are after 16 days in Morocco, in Chefchaouen, the Blue City. Arriving shortly after midday, and with rain in the forecast for tomorrow, it was a case of checking in and then off for a free ranging wander through the Medina on our own and then a hike up to the Spanish Mosque, a popular vantage point to take in the view. We checked in, Room 21 - on the 4th floor, took the lift that only goes to the 3rd floor and stairs for the rest. Chefchaouen is i...

Our day in the Medina in Fes with our guide Charif was a breeze. The day was around 28c but inside the Medina was mostly shaded and the air felt like low 20s. Equally surprising was that it did not seem overly crowded most of the time, and when we did hit a tour group, it was just a matter of taking the next left or right and the slow pace resumed. Down through the narrow souks, past the decapitated camel head, complete with fur, tongue and eyes, hanging outsi...

What a full on couple of days it’s been. After a somewhat less than optimal nights rest due in part to a howling wind that was blowing the tables on the terrace around, and Jean walking into a door in the middle of the night ( the room was pitch black), we went to breakfast only to overhear a table of one of our AUKUS partners telling a lady from Germany, that they came from the greatest country in the world. I thought that if it is so great, why would you com...