Quiet on the Homefront

I know I've been quiet the last couple of weeks. Well, it really doesn't have anything to do with Indiana's recent losses to Minnesota and Ohio State. Sigh. I've just been busy. Of course, I've been busy at work as well as with planning a trip to Spain and Morocco! I've never been to either so this trip will add two new countries to my list. I love going someplace new. With a few of my friends, I'll be able to see new places, meet new and exciting people and try out lots of new foods. In addition, I'll have an opportunity to see just how rusty my haggling abilities have become! In Spain, we're going to visit Madrid and Toledo (the original). Plus, I'll spend a couple of days at Grenada to see the Alhambra. So cool!

In Morocco, we are going to spend a few days in Marrakesh, staying not too far off Jemaa al Fna, the main square. I'm so very much looking forward to returning to Northern Africa. Though a world away, I had the good fortune of visiting Egypt while living in Bulgaria. What a wondrous and enchanting place it was. So easy to fall in love with the region when you have places such as Turkey and Egypt, the two countries there I've seen. Morocco will be different. One - it has couscous. Enough said. All joking aside, though one should never really joke about couscous, I have wanted to go to Morocco ever since I was 16 years old and visited Epcot Center for the first time. I fell in love with the country even then and am now so incredibly excited to finally be able to see it with my own eyes. I will probably cry when I get there. Wow!

While I won't be able to post pictures during my trip, I promise that I will definitely share them with you upon my return! I also hope you'll please forgive the temporary lack of decent formatting as I can only control so much while typing this on my phone!!

Until then, now that they're calling my flight to Madrid, I wish you all the best. Safe travels, friends!