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Granada

We decided to explore a bit on our way to our next stop: Granada. Looking on a map, Málaga is an obvious midpoint between Casares and Granada. However, we were saving that as a day trip later in our stay. Steve’s former boss lives there and they wanted to catch up. (Somewhat bizarrely his most […]

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Casares

From Sevilla we picked up a rental car and headed towards the Mediterranean. The drive brought us through the hills and famous white towns of Andalucia. Though views were worthy of admiration, the road was serpentine and Steve missed quite a bit keeping us on the road. Luckily the Spaniards have built scenic lookouts at […]

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Cordoba

During our time in Sevilla we took a day trip to Cordoba. Convenient train connections make this a fairly simple undertaking. Our main goal was seeing the mosque-cathedral of the city. Unlike the cathedral in Seville where almost all of the preceding mosque was destroyed, this mezquita in Córdoba is a remarkable building. A Catholic […]

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Sevilla

Our entrance to Spain set the tone for our time in Sevilla – easy! After being in Morocco everything seems simple here. We got off the plane, picked up our luggage, stamped our passports, scanned our luggage at customs and were in a moving taxi within 15 minutes of touchdown! Seville isn’t a huge airport […]

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Fes

From Chefchaouen we took a bus to Fes, an approximately 5 hour ride. We booked tickets on the main bus line. It was a quite new bus with reasonably comfortable (assigned) seats with a stop in the middle long enough to eat something and use the restroom. The stop was basically a huge truck stop […]