Our stay in Morrocco so far has been a whirlwind tour. We spent a night and a morning in the Medina of Tangier. A Medina is the old district of a city in Morrocco and is full of twisty allys, street vendors and people. Morroccan culture is certainly different than anything we've experienced so far. It changes as you ravel though it too. The north at one point was controlled by Spain so there is a lot of Spanish spoken and an overtone of Andalucian culture. We headed south to Casablanca the next day where it starts to change again. This pqrt of Morrocco, and a good portion of the south, had been under French control so a lot of French is spoken and there is a lot of French influence in the culture.
In Casa we met up with one of my old friends who is studying there for the summer. We spent the night and morning in Casa before jumping the train again and heading down to Marrakesh where we are now. They were having electricity problems with the tracks so what should have been a 3 hour trip took over 6. In the end we made it to Marrakesh jsut fine and are staying at an awesome little hotel with a huge tiled courtyard that has orange trees and tables to sit at. We spent today shopping in the Souqs, which are the huge marketplaces in the Medina. It's suprising how similar a lot of the stalls are and how similar a lot of it is to the import shops in Madison. We didn't make too many purchases but we have been eating good food and relaking in our courtyard. We have a few more days of Morroccan adventure planned before we head back up into Europe.
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