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Sevilla, Spain
My fourth weekend trip, while studying abroad in Morocco, was to Sevilla, Spain. (This was done in order to renew my Morocco visa.) I had previously attempted to get a student visa directly from the Moroccan Embassy in D.C., but had been unable to get in contact with them. Technically one does not “need” the visa as long as the stint in Morocco is shorter than 90 days. Because my total stay would be just over 90 days this meant that I would need to leave the country during my stay and then reenter the country again. I could have simply visited one of the two Spanish enclaves in north…
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Rabat, Morocco
For my fourth weekend adventure, while studying abroad in Morocco, I visited the city of Rabat! This was my first overnight trip away from the city that I currently live in. Even though my traveling companion and I were only there for less than two days, we were able to see so much of this beautiful city! The best way to get around Rabat, we found, is to walk. During our short time here we ended up walking over nine miles every day. Friday We took the Friday 2:22pm train from the Meknes Gare Al-Amir train station to the Rabat Ville train station. We ended up getting first class tickets…
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Fes, Morocco
For my third weekend adventure I went on a day trip to the city of Fes! (Side note: As I have been to several different cities in Morocco, I can now confirm that if you are a cat lover then Morocco is the place for you. There are cats absolutely everywhere!!! I think I see on average 10+ cats every morning on my walk to school. The city of Fes was no different and I have included a few photos of said creatures at the end.) After last weekend’s experience with the taxi kabir, my traveling companion and I opted to take the train instead of a taxi as our…
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Ifrane, Morocco
My second weekend adventure was to take a day trip to the city of Ifrane (pronounced if-ran), with the other girl independent study student in my program. Transportation We started our morning without an exact plan in mind. Our goal was to get to Ifrane by taxi, but we had been told that a taxi kabir (a large taxi) might cost us 400 dirham (40 USD) each just to get there. Neither of us were very keen to spend that kind of money, so we set out to find another option. We ended up in a taxi that took us to a taxi depot of sorts just outside of the…
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Volubilis, Morocco
As part of my study abroad program in Morocco we had a weekend morning excursion to the Roman ruins of Volubilis (or Wahlili which is the Arabic name). These ruins are located about 20 miles (31 km) outside of Meknes (the city I live in) and the drive takes just under 45 minutes. In order to enter the site you will need to purchase a ticket. Our tickets were purchased by the program so I have no idea as to the cost of them. While you can wander around on your own, you can also get a guided tour of the ruins which is what we did. It was just…