Wow, it’s so hard to believe that our adventures in Morocco are coming to a close. Time just flew by!!
After visiting the ancient Roman ruins in Volubilis and then stopping in Meknes for a fast food lunch we are on the road back to Casablanca.
We were sad to part ways with our amazingly knowledgeable guide Ghali. He headed back to his family and home from Meknes to Fes. Would actually recommend him to anyone visiting Morocco!
Morocco has been so much more than I ever imagined. Actually, I don’t know if I had any real expectations, but if I did, they’ve been far exceeded.
The people were so friendly and welcoming. The country was safe. The food was good. The hospitality was amazing! And the rich culture that is an amalgamation of all the peoples who have passed through this country was actually just so intriguing!
Seeing Morocco was like jumping into a Time Machine. Here we traveled back in time to hundreds of millions of years ago as we learned about the Mecca of fossils. We went back thousands of years as we learned about the indigenous peoples of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, the Berbers/Amazigh (our driver Ali is from the Atlas Mountains). We stayed back thousands of years ago when the Roman Empire made its way to North Africa and flourished here until about 200 AD. The ruins—still cannot fathom that!! We visited Medinas and souks and cities going back to the 7th and 9th centuries. And we actually also experienced the post modern city of Fes (developed from 2000-2020).
As we drove around a very large part of the country it actually felt like we were traveling through different parts of the world. The ever changing topography of Morocco was continuously transporting us all around the world. One minute we were in California or Arizona, another minute we were in Spain/Italy/France and then we were in Switzerland and sometimes even back in Ireland/Scotland!!! And I can’t leave out all the times it looked/smelled/sounded like India too!! All around absolutely breathtaking vistas!!
I think this is one place that I’m actually feeling sad about leaving. I do believe I will be back again someday.
Photo dumping from the last few days, actually (IYKYK) in no particular order.
