20231117 Chefchaouen: Laid back day. Up at 7:30, brief walk around the area near hotel, ate breakfast with David about 8:30. Then wandered around a bit and met up at the hotel with the group to go out at 10:30.
We climbed both gently and more aggressively up the mountain into the heart of the old village. Of course, in the Blue City, we wanted lots of blue…and got it. Lots of all sorts of colors in stalls and on walls besides the blue of the buildings and doors. Got back to hotel about Noon.
1:00 we followed Ishmael to a restaurant on the square for lunch. I had gelato afterwards! Then a continued to walk around the square.
Saw Ruth and Claudia and followed them up into the village. Lots of colors and sights. And cats. Cats everywhere. While we are used to all sorts of cats on this trip, we have much more leisurely pace here and can interact with them more. Dogs, too. And the dogs have either yellow or green tags on an ear showing they are city dogs and cared for with vaccinations. Cats show this with a tiny clip of an ear.
Lots of up in this city. Got tired and left the two women and headed downhill. You are told all downhill lanes lead to the square. Well, some do not. So, I was well below the square and just followed my instincts and found a street that led back up to the hotel. Ends up I walked right by the restaurant where we ate tonight. Did downloading of images and some sharing for a few hours.
At 7:00, we walked several blocks to Triana, which you had to access down a very long set of stairs. The food was excellent. I had a meal that would be $75-80 in US, but was $29 here. Long walk up the stairs, uphill on the street, then steeper uphill to get back to hotel.
Other than stopping for lunch in Rabat, the trip is basically over at this point. It’s been wonderful even with the challenge I was faced with.
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