October 19, 2022
We were entertained by the muffin lady at breakfast again today. She travels by herself. All over the world. Great Wall of China, Pyramids. You name it. She has done it. At least that what she is telling the waitress at breakfast. ”Today the muffins were much better. Thank you. ” She told the young girl. I’m sure the bakers’ reformulated their entire muffin procedure. Probably sought advice from the muffin lady and were up all night testing and tweaking. The muffin lady seems to have a travel companion with her. She isn’t allowed to have her own opinions or to speak for that matter. Sometimes you find entertainment without even looking.
We pulled into port at 10 am and were cleared by customs to leave at 11 am.
Since we were only here until 530 pm we decided to just see the local sights and come back to the ship. Photos from our room before we left.
We took the ship shuttle bus to the port entrance. Just a few minutes ride.
This reminded me of southern California. The weather is warm all year. 80s on our trek out. The city reminded me of countless European cities that we have visited. Not much unique in the city. We did visit a a small museum in an old fort along the shore. 3 euro each to get in but the machine to process was broken so today was free. Probably a good thing. All descriptions of items in the museum were in Spanish. The museum presented a little glimpse of the history of the island, volcanic activity, and interesting enough the development of cobalt blue dye. We may have spent 45 minutes inside.
I did see a musical instrument store online and found it on my maps program. I thought it might be fun to check it out but when we arrived at the address there was no such store to be found. Another victim of Covid 19 is my guess.
We spent some time walking around the city. The people out with us were probably all from the ship. It is really easy to pick them out as they never seem to fit into the surroundings. Of course we were perfect and blend into every city we visit.
Believe it or not, we saw the muffin lady and companion in the city. She asked us where the shopping district was. Quite authoritative. Probably the same tone she used with the baker. We did point her in the correct direction. Later I thought I could have used a different finger.
We decided on some refreshments in front of this area. A marina without docks? Abandoned boats? They were all tied off to shore or anchored in their spot.
We were still reeling from the walk down the mountain yesterday. We sat and had a few drinks and returned to the ship. It was still a few hours from our all aboard time so we sat on our balcony and enjoyed the scenery.
The ’cellist (it’s the musician who plays a violoncello for your next trivia match) was on again for a second performance. We decided to stay in our cabin and pack for our overland excursion tomorrow in Morocco. We leave from the Agadir port and travel to Marrakech. We spend the night in a hotel there and then travel to Casablanca and meet back up with the ship. I was hoping to stop at Rick’s American Cafe but that may not happen…… As Time Goes By
We watched the first Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. When we finished, I could hear the ’cellist on stage because our room is right above the stage. The tune? Theme from Mission Impossible.…