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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Marrakech, November 5, 2011 Upon arrival to our Riad, which located inside one of the five quarters of the Marrakech’s medina, we were given a brief tour of the boutique hotel. Mohamed, the front desk guy, told us about the Abraham’s day celebration next Monday November 7th. Then, we were taken to the waiting room, [...]
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Madrid, November 4, 7:15 am. The flight, as announced “once again” by the Iberia pilot, was a little bumpy and long, 6 hours 15 min, but, I got to dozed off for about an hour. It’s still dark at 7:15 am and the airport in Madrid is deserted. I don’t hear the usual ding-dongs or [...]
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“It’s going to be raining in Madrid when we land,” the Iberia pilot announces. Madrid is where we are connecting in our way to Morocco and then is when I realized we are finally in our way there. I did not have too much time to think and get excited about this trip, for the [...]
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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 went to a meeting where we were going to be informed about some statistics to be used for an upcoming project. There were a lot of numbers, bars and charts and the information provided was great. However, there was a point where I had to pay super extra attention. English not being my first [...]
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…and there I was, laying in bed trying in vain to go back to sleep, but like many, many nights before, my efforts weren’t successful. Then, in the middle of the night, with my wide open eyes in the dark, the thought came to me…
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