We leave early on the way to the Atlas, the roads are narrow, and the landscape changes to mountainous. Every now and then we have a drink in a local pub, that is sodas or coffee or tea. The ride is not too bad, but it’s getting warmer. Near Azrou, we just had lunch, we enter the … Read more
Today we visit one of the royal cities, Fez. The morning we spend with to do some maintenance to the car and laundry. We look for the nearest Carrefour, this appears to be well sorted and we go shopping for diner, macaroni. The drink turns out to be sold in the “cave d’alcohol,” let alone, too … Read more
We drive to Volubilis today and then to Fez, today is Eid El Fitr, the end of Ramadan. We leave in time to avoid the hottest part of the day. The scenery again is breathtakingly beautiful and varied, we make full use of our AWCO (all windows can be opened) because the temperature continues to … Read more
Today we travel to Chefchaouen, which seems to be a beautiful old town in the Rif mountains. The drive leads to it through a varied landscape of green fields and mountains. We get off the beaten path as we come across a reservoir/lake. Chefchaouen is situated on the edge of a forest, the campground is just … Read more
Today we drove the last stretch to the ferry to Morocco. We get our ticket at Viajes Normandy in Algeciras, this intriguing intimacy is one of the many ticket offices that we encounter along the way and like the other frequented by Moroccans traveling to Morocco from all parts of Europe. It is our turn quickly … Read more
At 7:30 the alarm goes off at the campsite in Mazarron, showering in the palace they call a toilet block and delicious coffee with a piece of baguette with it. It is half past nine before we leave and we actually had agreed to meet Bryan at 9:30 … I can hear a bit of … Read more
Today we visit Bryan, my former colleague. Milady has cooled down and we slept great on our beers … We take coffee and nothing else (for there is no bread) at the bar. In the village of Ana we find a bakery and buy two bags of croissants (chocolate appears later) for a driving breakfast. … Read more
Today we leave for our trip through Spain. The wind has died down, we take coffee at the bar and a croissant, at 9 pm we are ready to go and we accept the challenge of the Spanish roads. They appear to be so good that we decide not to take any more toll roads. That … Read more
Today we drive from France into Spain We leave at 8:00 am, put coffee and fetched croissants and bread. Then we set off again. We first look for a supermarket to do shopping at the French Intermarché, lovely to walk in a French supermarket. On the way a lot of holiday traffic and congestion at Bordeaux, we … Read more
Today we drive from Etten-Leur to St. Cyr Sonja and I left at 8:15 to pick up Marc and Saskia, Sonja has forgotten her shoes, so back again to pick them up … Eventually we left at 9am at the Grauwe Polder. Along the way we stopped in Antwerp to drop off Michiel’s shoes. When driving away … Read more
