Spain & Morocco

 We had a lazy morning at the riad.  We had lunch there before boarding our bus to head back to Tangier. Tonight, we had our final dinner in our hotel.  We were treated by belly dancing during our meal.  I think most people think of the dancers as wearing belly baring outfits.  However, these dancers were fully covered in the tradition of the area.  They pulled several of us in to join them.   After dinner we went to our critique room for our final slideshow.  These are always fun and a good way to review everything we've done on the trip.  There are always nice words thanking those involved in arranging the workshop.  All of us are traveling together tomorrow so there was no need for good-byes. The next morning we all flew back to Madrid for our flights to our next destination.  Because the flights back to the US all leave before our flight arrived we were spending the last night in hotels near the airport.   This ha...

 Today we're exploring the blue city on our own mostly.  This city is so much more relaxed than Fez or Marrakesh.  There are plenty of shops and the owners or happy to sell you something but they aren't aggressive about it.  It also a place where you can find plenty of people dressed to have their photos made.  We were able to take advantage of that several times during the day. Our hotel has a spa which we took advantage of this afternoon.  The hotel is all female owned and operated which is pretty unusual.  While you see women doing a lot of the work in Morocco and the men spending a lot of time in the cafes, it is still a male dominated society. Tonight we were treated to a special meal in a family home.  A musician awaited us on the steps leading up to the apartment.  We took turns photographing him followed by settling into  our places in the family's living room for dinner.  The food was served family style and there was plent...