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OCTOBER 5, WEDNESDAY
MEDINA STREETS After being here over a week I still cannot find my way around and am almost afraid to leave my second floor Airbnb that is down an alley that looks like every other alley because I won’t be
OCTOBER 5, WEDNESDAY
MEDINA STREETS After being here over a week I still cannot find my way around and am almost afraid to leave my second floor Airbnb that is down an alley that looks like every other alley because I won’t be
OCTOBER 4, TUESDAY
NOT FLAT ANY MORE Not long ago the world was flat. We knew it was round because we were taught that in school, but we thought it as being flat. And when we went on a trip, as I have
OCTOBER 4, TUESDAY
NOT FLAT ANY MORE Not long ago the world was flat. We knew it was round because we were taught that in school, but we thought it as being flat. And when we went on a trip, as I have
OCTOBER 3, MONDAY
ISLAM I don’t know very much about Islam, what it feels like to be a Moslem. I haven’t read much of the Koran. I have learned a smattering of the life of Mohammed and of the Islamic expansion and conquest
OCTOBER 3, MONDAY
ISLAM I don’t know very much about Islam, what it feels like to be a Moslem. I haven’t read much of the Koran. I have learned a smattering of the life of Mohammed and of the Islamic expansion and conquest
OCTOBER 2, SUNDAY
SUNDAY EVENING ON THE SQUARE It is a little hard to believe. I have been in Essaouira for a little over a week and have been mute the whole time except on Facetime with my son and daughter in Asheville,
OCTOBER 2, SUNDAY
SUNDAY EVENING ON THE SQUARE It is a little hard to believe. I have been in Essaouira for a little over a week and have been mute the whole time except on Facetime with my son and daughter in Asheville,
OCTOBER 1, SATURDAY
CATS Everywhere you look in Essouira you see a cat, every twenty feet. We also saw cats everywhere in Istanbul three years ago. In downtown Asheville you never see a cat. But for some reason I’ve never wondered why I
OCTOBER 1, SATURDAY
CATS Everywhere you look in Essouira you see a cat, every twenty feet. We also saw cats everywhere in Istanbul three years ago. In downtown Asheville you never see a cat. But for some reason I’ve never wondered why I
SEPTEMBER 30, FRIDAY
TRAVELING CHEAP After a rocky start I have finally, after a week, found a way to feed myself in Essaouira and it is a pattern that I have been developing as I travel this year and hope to keep following
SEPTEMBER 30, FRIDAY
TRAVELING CHEAP After a rocky start I have finally, after a week, found a way to feed myself in Essaouira and it is a pattern that I have been developing as I travel this year and hope to keep following
SEPTEMBER 29, THURSDAY
ASKING PERMISSION What is most interesting about the Medina is the people who are walking through it. I just read an article on photographing in Morocco by a woman photographer. She says that Moroccoans are tired of having their photographs
SEPTEMBER 29, THURSDAY
ASKING PERMISSION What is most interesting about the Medina is the people who are walking through it. I just read an article on photographing in Morocco by a woman photographer. She says that Moroccoans are tired of having their photographs
FEBRUARY 28, WEDNESDAY
SNACK CHAMALI So tonight I had a little adventure, in retrospect a very little adventure, but at the time I didn’t know what I was getting into and so at first it seemed like a big adventure. I decided to
FEBRUARY 28, WEDNESDAY
SNACK CHAMALI So tonight I had a little adventure, in retrospect a very little adventure, but at the time I didn’t know what I was getting into and so at first it seemed like a big adventure. I decided to
SEPTEMBER 27, TUESDAY
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION When you travel without a car local transportation matters a great deal and varies enormously from country to country. In Paris and London the bus and subway routes were easy to manage. In Paris I got a month
SEPTEMBER 27, TUESDAY
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION When you travel without a car local transportation matters a great deal and varies enormously from country to country. In Paris and London the bus and subway routes were easy to manage. In Paris I got a month
SEPTEMBER 26, MONDAY
HOT DOGS At Carrefour two days ago I stocked up on breakfast things: eggs, bread for toast, milk, muesli cereal, honey, butter, jam and orange juice. Breakfast I can manage. But for today lunch I decided to eat out, going
SEPTEMBER 26, MONDAY
HOT DOGS At Carrefour two days ago I stocked up on breakfast things: eggs, bread for toast, milk, muesli cereal, honey, butter, jam and orange juice. Breakfast I can manage. But for today lunch I decided to eat out, going
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 