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Volubilis, or وليلي‎ (Walily)

For those of you back home, here is a VERY brief overview of our trips to an amazing archaeological find. Take this information with a grain of salt, as they say, for I am not an expert. Consider this merely a solicitation for further exploration. It’s an ancient city just outside of the town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, located in the middle-north of Morocco. Based on pottery excavations, the area…

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Reason 612 Why I Love (Rural) Morocco

Reason 612 Why I Love (Rural) Morocco

Reason 612 Why I Love (Rural) Morocco: To quote more than a few shop owners, who more often than not just hang a sheet or lean a broom across the front of their shop when they go home for lunch, “There are no thieves here.”

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Tentative Itinerary

Many people want to know where, specifically, we are going. While we have a general idea where we are headed, we purposely purchased one-way tickets so that the flow of the trip seemed less constrained. Below are the countries we hope to visit as well as a general map of our intended path. This will most certainly change, but for now, here is our tentative…

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Greek Changing of the Guard

Greek Changing of the Guard

Greek soldiers marching. Update: It turns out that what I observed was the Greek changing of the guard as happens at other governmental buildings. Soldiers, dressed in classic uniforms change station and some are positioned at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As I was wandering around Athens yesterday, I noticed a strong military presence down one of the streets. There were riot control buses and…

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Bran Castle

No visit to Transylvania is complete without a quick stop at Bran Castle, the reputed home of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, a member of the House of Drăculești, also known, using his patronymic, as (Vlad) Drăculea or (Vlad) Dracula and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler. Regarding his nickname, Wikipedia has this to offer: As the cognomen ‘The Impaler’ suggests, his practice of impaling his…

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Local Ksars (Ksor)

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Seaside Cafés Galore

There is an abundance of amazingly delicious seaside cafes!

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Aghbalou N'Kerdouss

Aghbalou N’Kerdouss

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Rabat Zoo

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Abide

The Dude abides The Dude goes left in Turkey, apparently.  

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Desert Sculptures Part One: Golden Spiral

Desert Sculptures Part One: Golden Spiral

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Just Some Donkeys

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Lost in Translation: Medical Edition

Lost in Translation: Medical Edition

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Spiš Castle

Yesterday, Erika and I drove from Budapest, Hungary to Kraków, Poland. Between the two metropoleis, lies the country of Slovakia, formerly joined with the Czech Republic as Czechoslovakia, but later splitting into two separate republics. Admittedly, we knew little about Slovakia, but since we were driving through it, we did some research. LonelyPlanet has this to say about Slovakia: No, it isn’t…

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Reason 401 Why I Love (Southern) Morocco

Reason 401 Why I Love (Southern) Morocco: Due to the tremendous static electricity in the area, the simple act of turning over in bed at night creates an intense, personal mini laser light show.

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Bran Castle

No visit to Transylvania is complete without a quick stop at Bran Castle, the reputed home of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, a member of the House of Drăculești, also known, using his patronymic, as (Vlad) Drăculea or (Vlad) Dracula and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler. Regarding his nickname, Wikipedia has this to offer: As the cognomen ‘The Impaler’ suggests, his practice of impaling his…

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Ypres and the Flanders Fields

Ypres and the Flanders Fields