Barcelona (Spain), 21.04.2014 The motorway from Tarifa back home to Barcelona seemed like a walk in the park after the week driving through Morocco. Fearing a lot of Semana Santa traffic I left early in the morning. There was not much to discover, apart from a curious sight in a restaurant where I tried to getContinueContinue reading “Au Revoir Maroc”
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Roll through the Rif
Tarifa (Spain), 20.04.2014 With a ferry at 20:30 and 500km of mountain road ahead, I left Midelt early in the morning. Shops were still closed and the temperatures so chilly I had to get a sweater out. The night before I hadn’t noticed in the darkness how the vegetation had changed from the desert in Errachida toContinueContinue reading “Roll through the Rif”
South of Tangier
Rabat (Morocco), 13.04.2014 On a quiet street with few people, most of them still mentally sleeping, I enjoyed a simple breakfast in the morning: coffee with milk, bread with tomato and olive oil, orange juice. I found eggs on the menu of the bar: “fritos” (fried) or “revueltos” (scrambled). I went for the latter, fearingContinueContinue reading “South of Tangier”
Along the Mediterranean Sea
Tarifa (Spain), 12.04.2014 In bright sunshine and 24 degrees the day started off quite well, with little traffic on the road. The last time I drove along the Mediterranean coast in Spain was over 15 years ago, and I remember being shocked by the massive construction everywhere and endless green houses covering entire valleys andContinueContinue reading “Along the Mediterranean Sea”
