Monday, May 12, 2008

aprovechar - to take advantage

      i went to tarifa and morocco this weekend with aubrie. the weather was amazing in tarifa. it only rained a little when were there, but was warm and partly sunny otherwise. went kitesurfing for the first time, which was... an experience. it was difficult, but i'd like to try it again before i really pass judgment. lots of dogs. all over the place. i was in heaven. tarifa would still be heaven without them. i'll miss it as much as i'll miss cadiz when i go back to the states in two and a half weeks.


      on saturday, aubrie and i went to tangiers. i absolutely loved it. i kept getting distracted by person after market after landmark after view after sea after cave. it was difficult to absorb everything, but it was a good kind of overwhelming. my favorite bit was walking through the kasbah (old neighborhood). the smells, the markets, the pharmacies with their walls COVERED with jars filled with various spices and ointments, the one lane streets. the fact that our tour guide knew everyone. the tea. the lamb and prune dish i had for lunch. i'd love to return and spend a week or two visiting other parts of morocco, marrakesh, fez, casablanca. algun dia.

      mister bizzy. march 1999 - may 2008. rest in peace, johnny jumpup.

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