Taking Tea in the Kasbah


Category Archives: Travel


Being in Europe for two weeks, I felt like a small corner of the world had been laid at my feet. Cities I had only dreamed of or read about were a short distance from my friend’s home in southwest … Read the rest→



Like Paris (which you can read about in this previous post), I’ll admit I had a lot of preconceived notions about Berlin before travelling there though they weren’t of the idyllic, romantic variety. Most of what I knew about Berlin … Read the rest→



Paris is a mere three-hour train ride from St. Wendel, Germany, where my daughter and I were staying with our friend, Anne. Being that close to the City of Light, I didn’t have to think long about whether we would … Read the rest→



Just a few of the many beautiful sights to be seen in Germany. Source: flickr.com via Tami on Pinterest I met my dear friend, Anne, by chance in 2002 when she traveled from her native Germany to the U.S. at … Read the rest→



View of the downtown heart of Madrid from up high Source: Uploaded by user via Tami on Pinterest “Madrid is an ex-convent schoolgirl, a rebellious teenager who pushed the boundaries of hedonism and then grew up and got sophisticated without … Read the rest→



Last week, the talented Liv Rancourt wrote a post listing ten things she loved that began with the letter D. (She was inspired to do so by the lovely Shay Fabbro who posted on the letter P.) But the fun didn’t stop … Read the rest→



Despite the interest we both had in seeing Marrakesh, my daughter and I departed Rabat and the Cross-Cultural Solutions program feeling a little down. (You can read more about our volunteer week in Rabat with CCS here, here, here, and here.) Our time with … Read the rest→



I hadn’t expected the city of Rabat to have such a wealth of historic sites to see. surprisingly, it is home to some Roman ruins. One place we visited while there was the Chellah Necropolis and Kasbah which was originally … Read the rest→



During the week that we spent with Cross-Cultural Solutions, our mornings were spent volunteering at the children’s hospital (which you can read more about here) and our afternoons were left open to either participate in the cultural activities that CCS … Read the rest→



We woke the following day later than we had anticipated. Jet lag had finally caught up with us and we slept in until lunchtime as did our roommate, Liz. Unfortunately we missed out on seeing the all-women’s 5K run in … Read the rest→


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