Olives, CousCous & French – Morocco Calling!
Below is an email excerpt from a friend who was flying the skies of Morocco a few days back. If you want to see additional pictures please click through from my flickr.com album on the right column of this Blog.
“We had the opportunity to see Casablanca (in transit) and Rabat (the capital) which is where we flew out of.
For those contemplating on a trip to the African continent i definitely recommend a stop in Casablanca/Rabat. It’s a beautiful place with a long
line of beaches overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. (see picture)
It’s an Arabic country with a lot of the French connection (including wine and alcohol!)…so if you want to practice your French (the real deal not the Quebec kind)or just get a big dose of French speaking polite and laid back people, Morocco is a place to visit.
The flying was fun as all of it was over cultivated land this time as opposed to the barren desert on my
last trip. No military observer sleeping in the back seat to worry about but a few military airspaces to
deviate around. Some of our flying took us approx. 6-8 miles over the Atlantic so we had to be prepared for any emergency by flying with life jackets on (see pic) since we were low level (500 ft above ground level zipping around at 110kts – 200km/h)
The Moroccan delicacy is CousCous or Tajine…a sort of stewed dish of vegetable meat etc…They seem to
love Olives in that part of the world and there’s tons of Olive gardens around. Your guaranteed to be
presented a plate of Olives as an appetizer when you visit any restaurant…some are even pickled with a spicy twist to it!”