Balima Rabat
283 Ave Mohammed V Rabat, Morocco
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Now we're in Rabat!
30 Nov - Rabat
The first stop on our trip (after 11 hours in the air and 7 hours at airports) was the capital city of Morocco, our beloved Rabat. We received our bags, met up with Dr. Nagy to fill out paperwork for the hotel, and off we went into the grand taxi armed with dirhams. Immediately we decided to use the Arabic we had been …
Bon Voyage
Je suis arrivée. After a long and tiresome journey, I have arrived in Rabat. Because of blizzard weather in Albany, I was forced to rent a car to drive to JFK or else I would have been stuck in Albany at this very moment. I drove through rain and snow to JFK relatively smoothly and sat in the airport for about six hours before I took off from there …
Musee du Judaisme Marocain
Today has been a crazy day and it is only 4 o'clock. I began my morning with another simple, yet wonderful, breakfast at Hotel Balima with good European French-tasting coffee and then walked to the train station. The train ticket to Casa-Port was 32DH; I thought the lady said 2 and she laughed when I gave her only that much but I got it right …
Counting Sheep
Having habla'ed our last palabras of Spanish to the port authorities in Algeciras, Spain we set our sails for Northern Africa and the Moroccan city of Tangier. Actually, the real work of sailing was being done by one of the large ferry operators that offer daily service between various European sea-ports and a few African cities that are also …
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Rabat, like a tourist
... up the steps to the entryway of the Kasbah, I heard men behind me saying that the Kasbah is closed and I should follow them down a smaller, dark entryway. Luckily, I had read about this in my guidebook and was completely aware of the scam they were trying to pull. I just continued to walk and did not give them the satisfaction of getting my attention.
The Kasbah is a walled residential area with impeccably clean streets and ...



