MORROCAN' out in BLUE TOWN... literally.

Hey peeps. I am so sorry it has taken me so long to get this post up. I have just seen my blog as this almighty daunting task for the past two weeks, and I have literally wanted nothing to do with it. However, today in Sevilla the sun is out and the high is 80 degrees. I suppose my good lunch, the good weather, and my good spirits have somehow inspired me to stop hating "No Hablo Espanol".

Two weekends ago, Elena, Annalise, Cece, and I went to Morocco through a travel agency here in Sevilla.  I have always wanted to dip a toe or two in the pool of Arab Nations, and being so close to Morocco here in Sevilla, I would have felt stupid not to take advantage. It was really a great deal. We paid 180 euro for two nights and three days in Morocco. We were put up in 5 star resorts, and everything was paid for, except alcoholic beverages. Good thing people don't really drink there, I would have been broke.

Cece and Annalise took a bus to Sevilla down from Salamanca where they are currently living. We caught the Discover Sevilla (travel agency) bus, and drove down to the southern most coast of Spain. Here, we hopped on a ferry, and crossed the Straight of Gibraltar. That is right ladies and gents, on the other side of our short ferry ride Africa dwelled, and I suppose still dwells... The ferry was actually very cool, here is a pic.

The next day, we went to a town named Chefchouen. I can honestly say that it is probably the coolest place I have ever been to. And, yes I do pride myself on going to cool places. Funny story: I was wearing my Blublockers, a brand of sunglasses that literally block out the color blue while you wear them. I was walking through the town and the tour guide kept talking about how blue the city was and why. I wasn't really listening, and just kept wondering why he thought everything was blue. Everything looked normal to me, just like any other little town. Then Elena asked me what I thought about this little "blue town" then it hit me, I was wearing my sunglasses... I took them of and it was like the Heavens had opened up. I was flabberghasted at how beautiful everything was. The entire city was painted a cross between turquoise and sky blue. It was probably one of the prettier things I have seen. Here is a picture, and as usual, it is not doing it justice.

I am a raging idiot. I literally did not even know that everything was this color for at least thirty minutes.

We puttered around Chefchouen for a day. It was very cool. We ate the best food ever (I don't even know what it was), we haggled with the locals, the girls got henna tattoos, and we enjoyed the sun. It was a fantastic day, and that is about all I will say about that. Here are some pictures from the day.

DA GIRLS.

This is at the entrance to the city. I loved it.

OHMYGOD shoes.

 MOSTER HATZ.

 Aladdin dance?

The men and their strange robes in Morocco...

It certainly is... I knew I was supposed to come here.

So pretty.

Henna henna henna.

Sadly, the bombings in Libya started the weekend we were in Morocco. Also, there was a scheduled protest in Tangiers, the city we were supposed to go to next. The next day we had to flee the country. We ended up only missing out on about a half a day and exploring a new city. 

Our last stop on the trip was to visit a coast line where we went into caves and saw a beautiful coastline. This part of the trip made me extremely lethargic. I don't know if it was because we were kind of forced to leave, or because it was so beautiful on that beach. But it hit me really hard that I would probably never go back there. Which led me to sad feelings about my program wrapping up soon. Well lets not dwell on that. Here are some pics.

 CAVES.

 WOWWWWZA!

Chillin with ma camels...

I am so glad I had the opportunity to go to Morocco. Everything and everybody was so colorful there.  It is truly unlike anywhere I have been before. I even got to hear the call to prayer a few times on the streets. It is seriously 100% different from my norm. It was so good to get out of what was comfortable, and it was so good to catch up with my best friends. 

Life is so good.