The last few days have been great!
We headed to the desert where our first night was spent in a sandstorm (not great). We woke up the next morning to beautiful calm skies though and got to enjoy running around all over the sand dunes of the Sahara and riding camels. It was soooo beautiful. I loved it out there.
The next two days we spent enjoying another area of the countryside, seeing some gorges, riverbeds, mountains, plains and more.
Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Essaouira on the coast and I am loving it here. It is beautiful, relaxing, sunny, and warm. Matt & I spent the day wandering around by ourselves exploring the port, walking along the city wall, taking a long beach walk, eating calamari, and sunbathing. A perfect place to spend the last few days of vacation. We are here two more days and then are headed up to Casablanca for one last day before well....I don't want to talk about it.
I'll try to throw up a few pictures later this evening.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Headed to the Desert
Yesterday we spent the afternoon wandering around Ait BenHaddou which was an amazing old mud-brick fortress. I was soooo tired last night and fell asleep really early so didn't have time to do a post and we are leaving in a few minutes but if you click on the OlallaBay blog to the right my parents did a long post last night with pictures that you can check out. I haven't looked at it yet but...there ya go.
This morning we are headed out to the desert to get on a 4x4 and then camels to head to a berber desert camp in the Sahara. We will be back tomorrow evening and hopefully be able to post then.
This morning we are headed out to the desert to get on a 4x4 and then camels to head to a berber desert camp in the Sahara. We will be back tomorrow evening and hopefully be able to post then.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
We have just spent three wonderful days in the High Atlas Mountains. We are staying in a little town called Imlil and have been taking day hikes every day. Its very beautiful and also very different from home. There have been great mountains and valleys, little berber villages, and lots of delicious food. And its WARM. Sorry Seattle, Im sunburnt.
Tomorrow we are off to Ait BenHaddou, which is an ancient fortress. Should be pretty sweet. Then two days of camel riding in the desert. Yipee!
Tomorrow we are off to Ait BenHaddou, which is an ancient fortress. Should be pretty sweet. Then two days of camel riding in the desert. Yipee!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Germany was great! We had so much fun reuniting with our German friends and getting a taste of the country!
Thursday we went to Oktoberfest in Munich. It was quite the party! So much fun, so much beer and happy dancing German people and good food and goodness.
Friday; Sat and Sunday morning we spent in Mainz and Darmstadt, two areas around Frankfurt. We had an awesome time seeing the old city, hanging out with our friends, meeting lots of new friends, new food and new experiences.
Most exciting of all was... a plane ride! No, not the flight to Frankfurt. Our friend Bernie is a pilot and has a small plane he does aerobatics in. Matt and I each got to go up with him and do loops, barrel rolls, inverted flying and lots of other sweet stuff. It was beautiful seeing the countryside, and exciting. Definitely on the list of coolest things in my life.
Thanks Chris and Bernie! We had so much fun! Lots of details and pictures to come when we get home. We loved it.
Last night we got into Marrakech Morocco with my Mom. We are really sad, because my dad, who was coming on a separate flight from my mom lost his passport and is going to be delayed until Friday. :(
Today the three of us spent the day in Marrakech. Its an amazing city. Overload of colors, smells and sounds but beautiful. Lots of neat archtiecture, markets and much luch more. Tomorrow we are off to the mountains for three days and Im not sure we will have internet so it may be a few days before we update again. Sorry for spelling, etc, this keyboard is really different!
Thursday we went to Oktoberfest in Munich. It was quite the party! So much fun, so much beer and happy dancing German people and good food and goodness.
Friday; Sat and Sunday morning we spent in Mainz and Darmstadt, two areas around Frankfurt. We had an awesome time seeing the old city, hanging out with our friends, meeting lots of new friends, new food and new experiences.
Most exciting of all was... a plane ride! No, not the flight to Frankfurt. Our friend Bernie is a pilot and has a small plane he does aerobatics in. Matt and I each got to go up with him and do loops, barrel rolls, inverted flying and lots of other sweet stuff. It was beautiful seeing the countryside, and exciting. Definitely on the list of coolest things in my life.
Thanks Chris and Bernie! We had so much fun! Lots of details and pictures to come when we get home. We loved it.
Last night we got into Marrakech Morocco with my Mom. We are really sad, because my dad, who was coming on a separate flight from my mom lost his passport and is going to be delayed until Friday. :(
Today the three of us spent the day in Marrakech. Its an amazing city. Overload of colors, smells and sounds but beautiful. Lots of neat archtiecture, markets and much luch more. Tomorrow we are off to the mountains for three days and Im not sure we will have internet so it may be a few days before we update again. Sorry for spelling, etc, this keyboard is really different!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Leavin on a Jet Plane: 19 days in Germany in Morocco
We leave tomorrow for our big trip. Ahhhhhh.
If you're interested we will be posting at least quick blog posts whenever we've got internet access. This trip isn't going to be nearly as non-stop as our past few, so we might actually have more time for this.
If you are a worried mother or other family member, or just generally want to see what we are up to:
1. We will be bringing to SPOT with us, so click on the link at the right to see where we are at each day. The satellite view is usually pretty neat.
2. Our general itinerary/activities are below. No life endangering things included this time. Unless you include Oktoberfest in Munich...
Thursday 30th: Arrive in Germany early in the morning and head straight to Munich for a day/night of fun at the original Oktoberfest. Hooray.
Friday 1 - Sunday evening 3: Hang out in the general Frankfurt area with our German friends we met in Chile. No idea what we will be doing, but it will be cool! Sunday night arrive in Marrakech, Morocco
Monday 4: Explore Marrakech souks, hammams, tanneries, mosques, cool architecture, etc.
Tuesday 5-Thursday 7: Day hiking through Berber villages just outside of Imlil
Friday 8: Explore Ait Benhaddou, an ancient fortress that's in movies like Gladiator, the Mummy, and Lawrence of Arabia
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10: Overnight camel ride to spend a night in the Sahara desert. SO excited for this one.
Monday 11: Day hiking in the Dades Gorge
Tuesday 12 - Friday 15: Stay in the coastal town of Essaouira, enjoy the beach, and go to Agadir to see the goats that stand in trees (google it!).
Saturday 16: Drive up to Casablanca and explore the city and the awesome Hassan II mosque
Sunday 17: Back home and straight to a wedding! haha
If you're interested we will be posting at least quick blog posts whenever we've got internet access. This trip isn't going to be nearly as non-stop as our past few, so we might actually have more time for this.
If you are a worried mother or other family member, or just generally want to see what we are up to:
1. We will be bringing to SPOT with us, so click on the link at the right to see where we are at each day. The satellite view is usually pretty neat.
2. Our general itinerary/activities are below. No life endangering things included this time. Unless you include Oktoberfest in Munich...
Thursday 30th: Arrive in Germany early in the morning and head straight to Munich for a day/night of fun at the original Oktoberfest. Hooray.
Friday 1 - Sunday evening 3: Hang out in the general Frankfurt area with our German friends we met in Chile. No idea what we will be doing, but it will be cool! Sunday night arrive in Marrakech, Morocco
Monday 4: Explore Marrakech souks, hammams, tanneries, mosques, cool architecture, etc.
Tuesday 5-Thursday 7: Day hiking through Berber villages just outside of Imlil
Friday 8: Explore Ait Benhaddou, an ancient fortress that's in movies like Gladiator, the Mummy, and Lawrence of Arabia
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10: Overnight camel ride to spend a night in the Sahara desert. SO excited for this one.
Monday 11: Day hiking in the Dades Gorge
Tuesday 12 - Friday 15: Stay in the coastal town of Essaouira, enjoy the beach, and go to Agadir to see the goats that stand in trees (google it!).
Saturday 16: Drive up to Casablanca and explore the city and the awesome Hassan II mosque
Sunday 17: Back home and straight to a wedding! haha
Monday, September 27, 2010
Girls Weekend in Colorado
My cute lil sis just turned the big two-one so I headed down to CO for the weekend to celebrate with her.
I arrived pretty late Friday and we just had a glass of wine together and caught up. Saturday mid-day we headed the one block to Pearl Street in Boulder (awesome apartment location Adrienne) and rented me a road bike. Adrienne loves biking and loves to get the people around her biking too. I had never ridden a rode bike before (haven't done that much riding at all to tell the truth) and I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I was pretty nervous the first five minutes. Aren't you supposed to always know how to ride a bike once you've done it?? Oh, well I got over it. We took a lovely loop around the Boulder area on the roads and then took a nice leisurely ride around some of the bike paths. I saw a prairie dog for the first time in my life and it promptly ran in front of my bike and..well...got hit. I've never even hit an animal in my car. Poor prairie dog. We ended up doing 20 miles, which isn't that much but felt pretty good to me.
Saturday night we headed into big-city Denver for a lovely dinner with Ashley & Steven and then we went out to buy Adrienne some drinks to celebrate! Yay!
Sunday Adrienne and I slept in a bit and then ran out the door to go on a hike. I'm not entirely sure what we were thinking when we picked the first hike we found after googling 'fall hikes colorado' but we ended up on a 14 mile hike where we went from 9,600ft to 12,600ft. Um..yeah, that's a long day hike. But it was a good choice because we were hoping the see Colorado's aspens changing colors and we had some great sights. Loved it. So much. Love Colorado.
We headed straight for the airport and I was the smelly girl on the flight. I went into the bathroom to wash up and put on some fresh deodorant, don't worry. I had so much fun with my sis! Yay!
I arrived pretty late Friday and we just had a glass of wine together and caught up. Saturday mid-day we headed the one block to Pearl Street in Boulder (awesome apartment location Adrienne) and rented me a road bike. Adrienne loves biking and loves to get the people around her biking too. I had never ridden a rode bike before (haven't done that much riding at all to tell the truth) and I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I was pretty nervous the first five minutes. Aren't you supposed to always know how to ride a bike once you've done it?? Oh, well I got over it. We took a lovely loop around the Boulder area on the roads and then took a nice leisurely ride around some of the bike paths. I saw a prairie dog for the first time in my life and it promptly ran in front of my bike and..well...got hit. I've never even hit an animal in my car. Poor prairie dog. We ended up doing 20 miles, which isn't that much but felt pretty good to me.
Saturday night we headed into big-city Denver for a lovely dinner with Ashley & Steven and then we went out to buy Adrienne some drinks to celebrate! Yay!
Sunday Adrienne and I slept in a bit and then ran out the door to go on a hike. I'm not entirely sure what we were thinking when we picked the first hike we found after googling 'fall hikes colorado' but we ended up on a 14 mile hike where we went from 9,600ft to 12,600ft. Um..yeah, that's a long day hike. But it was a good choice because we were hoping the see Colorado's aspens changing colors and we had some great sights. Loved it. So much. Love Colorado.
We headed straight for the airport and I was the smelly girl on the flight. I went into the bathroom to wash up and put on some fresh deodorant, don't worry. I had so much fun with my sis! Yay!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Ranch, Wisdom MT (again)
We spent Labor Day weekend at a ranch in Montana. Everybody give a little birthday cheer for our blog, because our very first post was about last Labor Days' trip to Montana.
This trip deserves a good blog post, but it's not going to get one because September is turning out to be the busyest month of our busy months this summer and I just don't have time! I figure better short and sweet than not at all. Thanks again to our wonderful hosts Tom + Kelsey and to the whole Huntley clan at the ranch. We had an amazing time.
Here's the short version. We rode horses, and chased cows with the horses and ran with them. It was very fun. We rode dirt bikes and and Matt showed off his awesome skills while Mackenzie floundered. It was cool. We ate good food and drank good drink. We went to a rodeo and saw the crazy crazy cowboys do neat stuff. There was more, but that's the highlights.
Here's some pictures:
This trip deserves a good blog post, but it's not going to get one because September is turning out to be the busyest month of our busy months this summer and I just don't have time! I figure better short and sweet than not at all. Thanks again to our wonderful hosts Tom + Kelsey and to the whole Huntley clan at the ranch. We had an amazing time.
Here's the short version. We rode horses, and chased cows with the horses and ran with them. It was very fun. We rode dirt bikes and and Matt showed off his awesome skills while Mackenzie floundered. It was cool. We ate good food and drank good drink. We went to a rodeo and saw the crazy crazy cowboys do neat stuff. There was more, but that's the highlights.
Here's some pictures:
Matt & Steven with their respective vehicles
Cool.
Tom the cowboy.
Matt climbing
Cows
Cows got really close...
Awesome picture. Steven took it, not me. But I like it.
At the rodeo.
Hang on tight!
Ashley, Steven, Matt & I
Matt & I riding
Tom + Kelsey, Matt + I, Ash + Steven
Matt was hearding cows. It was hilarious. Click on it for a bigger one.
So pretty.
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