Thursday, 13 March 2014

Monday, 3 March 2014 – Tangier, Morocco

Tangier is a port city in a strategically important location at the entrance to the Mediterranean with only the Strait of Gibraltar separating it from Spain. 

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Tangier is divided into the walled medina, and a new, modern city, the Ville Nouvelle by the Grand Socco, a busy square with a large fountain.

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The Tangier Medina

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The French Consulate in Tangier’s Ville Nouvelle

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The tiny fish restaurant next to our hotel

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Morocco was the first country in the world to recognise the USA after it gained independence from the British.  The Tangier American Legation Museum was in a beautiful building which once housed the United States Legation and Consulate.

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One of the paintings in the museum’s art collection

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The Sidi Bou Abib Mosque overlooking the Grand Socco

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The Tomb of Ibn Battouta who famously went on the Haj to Mecca in 1325 and returned 29 years later after visiting 44 countries

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Suzie lends a hand cooking dinner

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Another German motorhome rolls off the ferry from Spain into Morocco

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