Morocco, here we come!!!

Today we made an early start [even set the alarm] as we needed to be packed and on the road by 10am, in order to catch the ferry at 2pm. Since we've had lots of practise now, it wasn't hard to do and by 10am we were down at the bakery buying fresh bread on our way out of town. Then it was off to enjoy the scenery on the way to the bottom of Spain.

We arrived in Algeciras with time to spare [daylight saving finished, so we put our clocks back an hour], sorted out the tickets and had lunch whilst waiting for the ferry. An hour ferry ride and then we were in Ceuta [in the top of Africa, but still controlled by Spain].

We found our way down to the Moroccan border, through the security checks and then we were on our own. [Our sat. navs have no Moroccan maps]. So I sat in the front seat with the Michelin map, an offline Google map of Tetouan and the camera, armed and ready.

Tetouan was easy to find, straight down the highway, but the hotel was another story. We found the street, went up and down where we thought it was, all the way down the other end to the sea, then turned around going back all along the street. Finally we found the sign and our hotel [we just hadn't gone far enough the first time]. Bit of relaxation, update the blog and now waiting for the restaurant to open for dinner. [We had to put the clock back another hour upon arriving in Morocco, so now it's nearly 7pm which would have been 9pm yesterday, and the restaurant doesn't open until 7.30].

Tomorrow we're heading off to Fez for three nights.