Day 2
Today started early with an 8am train trip to Rabat,  the capital of Morocco. Plenty of seats and space and an hour after departure we arrived in Rabat. We left our luggage in a local cafe, were handed a map and sent on our way! Others took off quickly and we were following at a distance – checking our map frequently. We came across the Medina  and were soon heading through interesting areas  checking out all of the things on sale. It’s interesting what you can find!
We obviously missed a place as we were wandering the Medina as we totally missed the kasbah but the surrounding  waterways were beautiful.  The sky was so blue and so was the water. The fishing boats were lying in the sun. We finally found our way to  Hassan tower which was Mohammed V Mausoleum.
Our trip back to the cafe was really a lot of guess work and a little use of school girl French but we eventually  made it for lunch before we got another train. This train spelt problem right from the start! I was first in the line for our group and fought my way up to the carriage – it was totally packed. Then spent the next hour standing and when anyone tried to pass i was knocking people in the face with my backpack which was rather embarrassing. It was also very hot and struggling to take off a jacket was a job for houdini!

We finally got a seat and 2 hours later arrived at our destination.  It was then into a taxi for another 45 minutes before reaching the sacred city of  Moulay Idris. It was a long hike up to our accommodation and our bags arrived by donkey. We were then taken on a tour through the place which was natrow streets going all over the place- would be easy to get lost.

The call to prayer rang out as we were watching the sunset - this is the first time weve heard the call since being in Morocco.

No Christmas celebrations here but hope everyone had a good one.