Today we spent almost the full day touring the Fes medina which dates back to the 8th century,  as well as a separate section that dates back to the 14th century.  The older medina, which means walled city, was laid out when the University of Al-Karouine was created in 859….yes, 859. The university is still…

Sorry there has not been any posts the last few days. First it was bad Internet and now it is bad stomachs! We did not have a good night last night or a good day today so we are going to bed now….at 8pm! We are not the only ones however; many of our group…

The day started with a 2 hours drive to Meknes to see the Bab Mansour Gate, the Glorious Gate, an homage to Sultan Moulay Ismail. Across the street is El Hedim Square. Once a small casbah (community), the Sultan had the casbah torn down so that all could stand and admire the Glorious Gate. Used…

Our Gate 1 Tour officially starts today. After a practically inedible breakfast at the hotel,  we headed to Chellah which is a World Heritage site. It is the ruins of a Roman acropolis and a Muslim Necropolis. It is believed to have been settled by the Romans in 40AD but possibly the Phoenicians and/or Carthaginians…

We have added a new continent to our list of visited places: Africa. But we are not on a safari….we are in Morocco! We flew from Denver to JFK to Amsterdam to Casablanca. The airport in Amsterdam was so cool. It looked like an upscale mall with neat seating and light displays. Check out this…

We decided to make a big push home so we could make a stop in Colorado. So we drove about 10 hours on Friday with an interesting stop for lunch. Buzz was in the mood for some Chicken Fried steak before we left the South. So we got off the Interstate at the only decent…

So today was supposed to be the hottest day of the week so we decided to go for a dip. But first, back to Franklin’s Barbecue. We pull up and the line was as long as it was on Saturday but it seemed less “dense”. So we got in line and the manager comes out…

Austin….what an interesting town. First off, it is much bigger than we expected. It is quite a large city (almost a million people) and it has so many attractions, music venues, and restaurants, it is a little overwhelming at first. We checked into our clean but very, very dated condo on Lake Travis which is…

A 30 minute drive through the surprisingly beautiful countryside led us to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. (Side note: I say “surprisingly beautiful” because my only impression of Texas is Houston….in the summer. All I remember is flat, you could see forever, and hot, the whole atmosphere shimmering with the heat. I thought I…

Hello all you out there in Internet Land!! It has been more than 4 months since our last post and lots has changed. We have moved into a house in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado. We are getting the boxes unpacked and beginning our new life in Colorado. We had a fairly easy winter…

First off, we can not thank all of you enough for your support and encouragement. Your kind words made us smile and helped pull us through some times when things were not going as planned. One thing about travelling in South East Asia is you must be very flexible. Do not expect things to happen…