We all woke up early (not mom) to go to the gym and it is closed! Of course we decided to go to breakfast instead. We get to see the sunrise around 7:40 while we’re enjoying croissants and other goodies.
We get ready for our visit. Today we arrived in Tangier, in Morocco and have a few hours to walk around. As we leave the port, we are assaulted by taxi drivers and guides wannabes. They all want to help you have the best experience and the best visit. We had decided to go on our own as we did the previous days. We like to see what we want, when we want and stop when we wish. That’s why we’ve avoided all the excursions. We don’t like their rigid schedules. Before even leaving the port “Gaston” has decided that he will be our guide whether we want him or not. He wouldn’t take “No” for an answer and followed us out talking non-stop and giving me a headache. It wasn’t even at this point a matter of money since he wasn’t asking for much, but I would have killed him or myself, if I had to walk around for hours having to listen to his endless rambling. We have a map and are pretty confident we can manage. We didn’t plan to get in the “souk” (where you can get lost very easily). There is a 2 hours time change here and everything is closed anyway. We were just going to see the major attractions along the main roads and go back. We don’t have that much time in town. As we walk around taking pictures, we run into another couple of French people. We head in the same direction for a while and a couple of kids (Mohamed and his brother Youssef) come and talk to us and tell us they can take us to all the good spots quickly. We go along and indeed we have a nice visit. On the way back they even take us through the “souk” which is now open. After almost 2 hours we are back where we started. We give our “friends” $20 for the 2 of them and get back on the ship. It’s lunch time and we head for the buffet, our second home now!!!
After lunch I’m tired and I go down to take a nap. When I wake up, the ship is already in the port of Gibraltar. We decided not to go out. The weather is not great and it’s very windy and chilly. We stay out on the ship and play UNO until the dinner buffet.
The ship leaves Gibraltar around 8:30pm and we are en route to Ibiza, the longest stretch of our journey. We see a sinking ship and a few dolphins playing behind the boat. We watch until it’s too dark.
We go to the show but after a while I go to the movie theatre and watch a movie. My sister joins me after the show. We go back to our cabin at midnight.
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