Category Archives: North Africa Driving along Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, I learned a lot of new words, like medinas, souqs, and hammams. This post defines these terms through our visits to El Jadida and Essaouira, two fascinating ancient Moroccan coastal cities. There are lots of pretty photos of our visits, too!  After spending 6 months in Europe, Morocco sure is a shock to the senses! In this post, I discuss what it feels like to travel in Morocco after Europe as well as some of my first sensory impressions. We’re looking forward to spending a few months in this complex, beautiful, and whirlwind of a country!  Wandering Footsteps will soon be heading back on the road! Over the next several months, we’ll be sharing stories and photos about hikes in Spain, coastal drives through the Iberian Peninsula, bush-camping in the Sahara, souqs and food in Morocco, and more. Subscribe and stay-tuned for an exciting and eventful fall and winter 2015!  Our travels plans have changed again! Here is an updated plan for the rest of 2015, involving a trip home to Canada, a lot of time in Europe, and even a bit of North Africa! It’s so different from the travel plan I posted about six months ago that I’m considering no longer writing travel plan posts (except for the fact that I just did it again…)!  Long before I met Bruno, he visited Sudan. He told me of following sandy tracks along the banks of the fertile Nile River; of encountering nomads in the Sahara Desert after days without spotting another human; of his inability to spend his money, such was the hospitality of the Sudanese people. This was far from the image of Sudan I had in my head. |
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