I’ve just returned from a week in northern Morocco and Andalusian Spain. On the Moroccan leg of the trip we visited the Rif cities of Ouezzane, Chefchouen, and Fnideq. Midway through the trip we crossed into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, a holdover from twentieth century Spanish colonization. From there we crossed the Mediterranean by ferry, and stepped onto the Spanish mainland in the port city of Algericas. The remainder of our trip was spent in Malaga, the hometown of Picasso, and in Granada, a large university city at the foot of the Spanish Sierra-Nevada mountain range.
I hope to write in more detail about each of the legs of the Andalusian trip in the coming week. Here are pictures from the first stop on the Andalusian excursion: Ouezzane.
My husband and I, too, had the fortune of experiencing Spain in the summers this year. It was an amazing experience. Although we missed Malaga and Sevilla due to our packed itinerary, we did sneak in time for Granada and Cordoba. I’ll look forward to reading your travelogues on the same. I put up two pictures – taken from a bus – somewhere in between Granada and Cordoba. They are at http://saadiam.blogspot.com/2008/11/dichotomies-in-appreciation.html. Can you recognize?