October 19 – 23 The day after skiing the dunes we hopped onto a bus to travel to the Atlas Mountains. We saw some women hanging out with some sheep by the baggage compartment. We wondered if the sheep were riding with us. Sure enough, just before departure, they loaded the sheep into the luggage […]
Archive | October, 2010
Skiing the Dunes
October 18 It felt very odd to walk along with skis on my shoulder and ski boots in my hand while wearing shorts and a t-shirt, but that’s what I did last week when our family skied the dunes in Merzouga. The day before we left, after the kids finished their schoolwork, I inspected the […]
Camel Chocolate
Today we left our place and got on some camels for two hours. I can’t remember any of the camel’s names except for moms camel, Jimmy Hendrix. When I first got on the camel I was really worried that I was going to fall off. But after the first minute I was fine. It felt […]
Arabian Nights
Four days ago we walked out of our hotel to face four camels lounging about in the sand. They were to take us across the desert. Of course, we got on, and thus started out our desert expedition. The first two hours were spent getting away from society and into the endless desert. The camels […]
Prayer of Serenity Opportunity
When we left on this trip, we knew that despite all the crime, terrorism, disease and natural disasters in the parts of the world that we would be visiting, that the most dangerous thing we would do on this trip would be to get in a car. On the 13th we tested that knowledge when […]
Going to Marrakech (and Beyond)
We spent three nights in Marrakesh. It was a great first experience for Morocco. The kids had been looking forward to Morocco because it is the first really unique and exotic country we have been to. Sure, Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as the European countries were different than home, but people basically dressed the […]
A New Continent
Morocco, October 3- 8 We stopped on a busy street on the edge of a pedestrian walkway teeming with people. “Just walk up here,” said the taxi driver gesturing vaguely down the street. “Your hotel is not far.” We gathered our bags and set off in what we hoped was the direction of the main […]
Four Americans in Paris
When we first started planning this trip, we told the kids they could pick a country to visit for their birthday, and if it could be worked into the itinerary, we would go there. Emma immediately said Paris, and never wavered from that decision. She couldn’t say why, she just thought she would like it. […]
Sicily
Sicily I am really sorry we haven’t been keeping up on our blog. We decided that we are going to use Sicily as our hanging out area, so we decided to relax and not post much on our blog. In Paris our time was taken up with sightseeing. The computer was used either for booking […]
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