My mother was an adventurous sort - sometimes recklessly so! The guide book said 'do not drink local milk products'. So of course she immediately bought and drank a strawberry milk 'shake' from a local woman's roadside stand! Luckily, no harm done. But when we were in Marrakesh it was so incredibly hot that she …
Tag: Morocco
Marrakesh
On the eve of the 50th anniversary (yikes!) of the moon landing, I thought I'd write a little more about that summer trip to Morocco (see earlier post Madrid-Tangier). After that craziness on the flight to Tangier (July 16), we knew that our astronauts were on their way to the moon. We spent a few …
Madrid-Tangier
My mother and I were on a plane in July 1969 flying to Morocco from Madrid. And everything was going along fine, ride was smooth. All of a sudden the pilot comes on the intercom, and starts counting down. 10…..9…….8….. (you have no idea how time slows down when you think your life is about …
the (mis)adventures of a traveling life 