After my attempt to know more about the Morocco and its culture, traditions and daily living and given the fact that we had yet another day to spend somewhere else other than walking around the souks, we decided to take another day trip offered by the Riad Les Borjs de la Kasbah. We decided to [...]
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What happens in Marrakech, stays in…
Contrary of what we are used to when we hear or read the slogan “What happens in… stays in… ,” “What happens in Marrakech, stays in my heart and I’ll be more than happy to share it with you… I learned more about the real, local, non-commercial Marrakech in the last 5 hours of my [...]
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I took me an awful lot of time to start writing this entry. I thought about how to define friends and friendship, then, I realized that many words, pages, chapters, books and even dissertations have been written about the subject.
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Emilia (not her real name) was not a pretty, nice looking girl. Her mouth was way to big to be exotic; she had buck teeth and eyes too apart, along with a big nose; she didn’t walk graciously and her breast was humongous, not to mention her narrow hip. The first time I saw her, [...]
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BAM! Just like that. I just open my eyes and I’m totally awake. The green digital numbers of my alarm clock besides my night table read 3:48 am.
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When I was a kid (probably eight-years-old), I heard on the radio (perhaps in the news?) that the world was going to come to an end in the year 2000.
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I was attending a put luck party and I knew it very well ahead of time. I didn’t know what to bring but for sure I knew I wanted to bring something different than the usual and on top of that I wanted to bring something “Latino.” So, the day of the party came and [...]
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