Published on Dec, 2024
Initial intro drive and some history: Berbers, Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Arabs, Norse, Muslims, French, British, multi-power zone, French, playground for the rich and Beatniks - the usual. Nicest Muslim city, by far. Cleanest. Cape Spartel, the NW point of Morocco/Africa. Neat. You can see Spain past the old lighthouse. Nearby are The Caves of Hercules. The main attraction, though, is that, if you look a certain way, you can see the profile of an old Berber silhouetted in the mouth of the cave. With an open mouth, nose and Berber turban. Off to another “blue and white” town, Asilah, this time. Most fun thing was discovering a bakery for a neighborhood. If you don’t have an oven, or just want someone else to feel the heat, you can bring your dough to the bakery and, for a modest price, the baker will take care of things. You come back later and pick up the bread. Just outside the bakery, there was a man selling Kalinti, a mixture of chickpea and egg. (Picture below; Abdel on the left.) Then back to Tangier and La Terraza de la Medina, A fine, local lunch with no wine…not allowed.