Well I thought I’d have plenty of time to add to the blog, but time has just slipped away at a fast pace for sure!
My last post had us in Bern, Switzerland. This city left a lasting impression on us, it was just beautiful and we’d love to go there again.
We took a train to Zurich, and once again we are blown away by the efficiency of the European train systems.
Zurich was cold, but still really nice. Once again we have just loved wandering the streets and finding things for ourselves.
We were here for New Year’s Eve, and booked a dinner at the digs we were staying at. We have been caught out in the past in Europe on New Year’s Eve, when everything was shut and we ended up having tinned fish on crackers for tea,
This dinner was way too expensive, but we bit the bullet anyway and went for it.
Imagine our surprise when the head waiter met us at the door and proceeded to take us through a tour of all the food that was on offer. It was a seafood theme, which we were excited about, ut everything he showed us was raw! Prawns, different types of fish, even all the meats. I was gagging internally,
thinking that I’d be eating raw prawns and raw fish, goodness knows what my wife was thinking.
Eventually when we sat down we got the picture. A small fondue was placed on our table for us to
cook our fish and meat, thank goodness! It turned out to be a great dinner after all...but still way too expensive!!
From Zurich we then took a flight to Barcelona. We have been here before, but we have a
Ways wanted to have a really good look at LaGrada Familia, the massive basilica that dominates the Barcelona skyline.
We booked tickets a long time ago, which was just as well because people were rocking up on the day only to be told that it was booked out two days in advance.
We got in and had a ticket to go up one of the tall spires which didn’t disappoint.
The pictures speak for themselves!!
We were quite sad to leave Barcelona as it is such a lovely place, but exciting things awaited us!!
We next headed to the port to board a ship, and for the past two days we have been travelling down the coast of Spain.
We had an overnight departure from Barcelona, and yesterday was spent at sea until we docked early this morning in...
Casablanca in Morocco!
Rest assured, neither of us has been here before, so it was pretty exciting for us. Nerve wracking too as we have been hearing that it can be unsafe here also.
We took a tour into the city with a big group and it was just fantastic. There were continual contrasts between the wealth and the poorer aspects of the city. How on earth more people don’t get killed crossing the road is a miracle!
Pedestrian crossings just mean lines on the road for traffic to ignore. People just cross the road wherever they want, even just walking through roundabouts with the traffic!
We saw some of the backstreet markets where every sort of olive can be purchased, as can every bit of fish and meat at the markets.
After seeing a butcher at work cutting up a side of beef on a crappy old table, we weren’t too sure about the health standards and practices in place!
Well Readers, I’m having trouble uploading the Casablanca photos with this device, so I’m going to exit and try another way. It just seems that adding to my blog via an iPad is a bit clunkier than doing it on a laptop, so please bear with me and the wayward presentation while I’m travelling overseas.
We have a night sailing ahead of us, and then a day at sea tomorrow which is fine. There is more food and alcohol available here than anywhere on earth I’m sure, so I’m conscious of hitting the gym and running track morning and afternoon before I potentially explode!!
So Readers, we are heading towards the Canary Islands which should be great. As I’m writing this I’m beginning to hear a bit of wind outside and the boat is beginning to sway a bit. Could be a little rough perhaps!
Well Readers,
Until my next post...
Cheers!!
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