Our Morocco journey is winding down. We have a day in Casablanca and then we fly home.
Here are my random thoughts from our travels:
How much weight can a donkey carry? I saw a rather large man riding a rather small donkey. Was the donkey overloaded? A quick query from Co-Pilot indicates that the donkey was, indeed, overloaded. Poor thing.
Murray and I have decided that Chicken Pastilla is the yummiest supper. Tonight we shared one and it had chicken and almonds and cinnamon inside and icing sugar and more cinnamon on top. A sweet and savoury taste. So yummy!
On our road trip through the Atlas Mountains, we stop at a gas station so I can pee. Other tourists are also stopped there. I go into the woman’s toilet and notice a lady sitting near the entrance.Unfortunately, I have no change in my pocket today, so do not pay on the way out. Plus, I get my back up about paying for toilet use. The lady yells something at me loudly and all the tourists stare. Oh boy.
Storks build nests on the top on minarets. Huge nests! It’s an engineering feat that they stay up there.
I wish Morocco would do something about how they handle their garbage. It is everywhere. In the cities, there is a system to collect it every night, but the countryside and small towns are buried in it. It’s upsetting to me to see such disregard for the environment.
The Moroccan people are very friendly and helpful. We have had so many interactions with folks helping us or just asking where we are from. These interactions are what make traveling so much fun.
For me, the landscape was one of the highlights of Morocco, especially through the Atlas Mountains. Another highlight was Chefchaouen, the Blue City.
I certainly have had my fill of olives and dates. In restaurants, a basket of bread and a bowl of olives are brought to the table after we order. Murray nibbles on the bread and I nibble on the olives, black and green. Instead of olives, dates are sometimes used. Olives and dates are often offered at breakfast too.
The pomegranates here are lighter in colour, almost yellowy orange. The seeds inside are pale red to white, instead of the dark red we have at home. And the taste is so subtle, not tart at all. I have enjoyed eating these tasty pomegranates.