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The view from the roof in Rabat, Morocco

January 13, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Rabat…wish you were here! Photo taken from hotel rooftop in April 2011 during a volunteer trip to Rabat, Morocco. I was initially hesitant to go to Morocco all by myself to volunteer. I had always wanted to go to Morocco and was close to visiting many times. Yet the moment never seemed to be right and it never happened. Several years before, I even went all the way to the tip of Spain and practically saw Morocco longingly […]

Categories: Morocco, Photography, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

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Moroccan alleyway

January 8, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Morocco…wish you were here! Photo taken in April 2010 in Rabat, Morocco. I stayed at a Riad or ancient Moroccan palace turned into a hotel, in the heart of Rabat’s souq. Finding the Riad was half the fun as I wandered somewhat aimlessly through narrow, serpentine alleyways like the one pictured above. I felt like I had been transported back in time, to a world long ago. I was fascinated by the life and culture of Morocco and […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

Figs at the Souq

September 9, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Rabat….wish you were here! Photo taken in Rabat’s famous souq in April 2011. Figs, dates and anything else you want is available fresh at the souq in Rabat. I loved the barrels and barrels of them everywhere. Yet I didn’t love the flies! Must be that Western part of me but I’m sure the food was fine. I’m not really a fig lover but they were fun to photograph. Now the enormous barrels of olives truly got my […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, Souq, thirdeyemom, Travel

Stepping back in time, Morocco

September 8, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Morocco…wish you were here! Photo taken in Rabat, Morocco near the souq and my hotel in April 2011. I love this photo. It illustrates how I fell in love with Morocco during my week long visit to do volunteer work back in April 2011. Parts of the city such as this one felt like you were back hundreds of years in time, in a far away, different place. I love how Morocco is a place of contrast: The […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

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For the love of henna

August 31, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Rabat…wish you were here! Photo taken of my foot getting henna applied in Rabat, Morocco and the end result on my hand in Paris, France in April 2011. “When in Rome” is one of my favorite sayings. It is my motto and mentality when traveling. You’ve got to try everything in order to truly experience the culture. While in Morocco, I spent days at the souq, went to the traditional bathhouse and on my last day received henna. […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Henna, Morocco, Rabat, thirdeyemom, Travel

Olives in the Souq

August 29, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Morocco…wish you were here! Photo taken in April 2011 in Rabat, Morocco. During a week’s trip volunteering in Morocco I came to fall in love with the fascinating, all you can want to buy Moroccan souq. There was everything there possible including tubs of turtles, Moroccan beauty products, spices, clothing, electronics, counterfeit jeans and t-shirts, and olives. I love olives and wanted to dig my hand inside the huge tub and start eating them! But of course I […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, Souq, thirdeyemom, Travel

Lovers in Islam

July 31, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Morocco…wish you were here! Photo above taken on the beach in Rabat, Morocco during a one-week volunteer trip in April 2011. One day during my stay in Rabat I decided to venture down to the beach, alone, as a Western female visiter. I had asked my hosts what the beach was like in Rabat as I was very curious to check it out. They told me to not even bother going to sunbathe as I’d be harassed so […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Dating, Morocco, Postaday2011, Rabat, Travel

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Rock the Casbah

July 24, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Rabat…wish you were here! Photo of Rabat’s Casbah taken in April 2011 during a week volunteer trip in Morocco. The Casbah is a lovely, tranquil place to wander. There are beautiful, hidden alleyways and whitewashed buildings with varying hues of blues. It is mostly residential now and apparently many rich foreigners are buying up the picturesque homes. At the end of these mazes of hidden, narrow alleys, you enter and enormous open space which affords a spectacular view […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Casbah, Culture, Morocco, Rabat, Travel, Volunteering

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Cat in the souq

July 14, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Greetings from Morocco…wish you were here! Photo taken in April 2011 at the souq in Rabat, Morocco. There is something magical about the souq. You can find everything and anything you need: Spice, olives, caftans, babouches, savon noire, pottery, lanterns, scarves, blankets, and cats! I took this picture of the Moroccan cat after hours of exploring the main souq in downtown Rabat. The call to prayer was blaring and the cat just sat there staring at me lazily and questionably while the light […]

Categories: By thirdeyemom, Morocco, Photography, POSTCARDS BY AUTHOR, Rabat • Tags: Culture, Morocco, Rabat, Souq, Travel

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The view from the roof in Rabat, Morocco

Moroccan alleyway

Figs at the Souq

Stepping back in time, Morocco

For the love of henna

Olives in the Souq

Lovers in Islam

Rock the Casbah

Cat in the souq