Well, We woke up in Sevilla,and found our way to the central square. I'm kind of the tour guide since I pent some time here a few years back (sethseurotrip.blogspot.com).Funny enough we are randomly staying at the same hotel, which was not planned at all, but just a giant coincidence. Overall the city is much the same. Everything is very nice, and while I found it hot last time, compared to Morocco its been a winter wonder land. We rented bikes this time, and kind of just saw the town.
At night we got into a political discussion and things got pretty heated. Some things were said, and names were called on both sides. It got so heated that this morning I threatened to leave the trip and go off on my own. Truth be told this was a result of both the insulting comments and my general displeasure with how things have gone thus far in the trip. It seems that my preferences haven't been taken too seriously, and my general displeasure with things.
Today things were awkward, but after a few hours we were fine (ice cream solves a lot).
Anyway.......tomorrow Portugal.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Tangie and our Jurney into Spain
We got to Tangier after one night in Chefchaun. It was kind of a cool city, very European. We immediately went to the port and got ourselves tickets to a ferry nd bus that would take us that evening to Seville. Once we had those tickets we had just a few hours to explore.
Overall the city was really European and not nearly as unique and cool as the rest of Morocco. Its a happy medium if your not prepared for a true Islamic experience, but not he complete view. Sadly we left after just a few short hours, so my knowledge of the city is very minimal.
Our ferry was over two hours late in departing, and it was an incredibly confusing and frustrating boarding process. We kept being waved in lie, and then sent back. No one (including the locals) knew what was going on, and everyone was frustrated. Eventually (7:40ish) we left port to the coast of Spain. It was a short and pleasant ride, and we docked in Spain by 11ish. As soon as we docked everything changed. People became panicky, and began to push and shove through the line to exist. Mike was almost trampled, and everyone was shoving everyone else. I think the issue was that people feared they would miss their buses, but whatever the cause, people were crazy.
Eventual we got off, and found our bus. Unfortunately they didn't leave the station until after one in the morning, and we didn't arrive in Seville until after 3am.
It was a crazy ride, and I'm just happy its over
Overall the city was really European and not nearly as unique and cool as the rest of Morocco. Its a happy medium if your not prepared for a true Islamic experience, but not he complete view. Sadly we left after just a few short hours, so my knowledge of the city is very minimal.
Our ferry was over two hours late in departing, and it was an incredibly confusing and frustrating boarding process. We kept being waved in lie, and then sent back. No one (including the locals) knew what was going on, and everyone was frustrated. Eventually (7:40ish) we left port to the coast of Spain. It was a short and pleasant ride, and we docked in Spain by 11ish. As soon as we docked everything changed. People became panicky, and began to push and shove through the line to exist. Mike was almost trampled, and everyone was shoving everyone else. I think the issue was that people feared they would miss their buses, but whatever the cause, people were crazy.
Eventual we got off, and found our bus. Unfortunately they didn't leave the station until after one in the morning, and we didn't arrive in Seville until after 3am.
It was a crazy ride, and I'm just happy its over
ChefChaun
We came to the tinny town of chefchaun after fes (a few days ago). It was kind of cool. All the buildings were blue, and the people were much more relaxed than the rest of Morocco. It seemed shop keepers didn't care for our money and the left us alone for the most part. Overall it wasn't anything spectacular, just a small little village that was a nice break from the over crowded streets we have become accustom to.
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