Reason 318 Why I Love Morocco: Many people I meet for the first time while walking around insist I stay with them next time I’m in town.
Monthly Archives: January 2020
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Reason 595 Why I Love Morocco: New photographs for the carte de sejour come with a free glamour shot.
Culture, History, Nature, Peace Corps, Photography, Travel
Fuq Figuig!
by Thomas Stanley • • 2 Comments
One of the definite advantages of living and working in southern Morocco is that any trip north toward greater civilization, be it for leisure or work, generates an opportunity to be creative with the route by which one arrives there. On this particular occasion, being needed in Rabat, I took the opportunity to swing around to the right…
Culture, Europe, History, Travel
A Tour of Gallipoli (Gelibolu)
by Thomas Stanley • • 0 Comments
Admittedly, I knew very little about Gallipoli (Gelibolu in Turkish). The United States played a negligible role in that particular theater during World War I, so our history doesn’t pay it much mind. Most of what I know about its significance comes from the popular Australian ballad, And the band played Waltzing Matilda. The song is…
