Chefchaouen, also known as The Blue City to tourists, is an ancient city perched high up in the Atlas Mountains of Northern Africa. The city gets its name from its history. Back in the 15th century, when the Spanish Inquisition was killing everyone, all the Jewish people in Spain fled to these mountains and established this city. Jewish people back then always painted their homes blue and white and since the city was predominantly Jewish, it was also predominantly blue. Fast forward a few hundred years and the city is still blue and is a sight to behold!
Tangier, Morocco
At the very beginning of our voyage, we sailed to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. This island was named by John Smith because the landscape reminded him of Tangier in Morocco. I personally think he was running out of names for things because the next island over in the Chesapeake Bay he named Smith Island. Did that island’s landscape remind him of himself?
Years later, we finally made our way to Morocco and got to sail into the port of Tangier without the use of a diesel engine (only using our electric engine to dock inside the marina).
Brussels for a day
We drove to Brussels, Belgium last night and slept in a parking lot next to a busy street. Today we awoke in the heart of a bustling city!
For breakfast we had, none other than the two things they are most famous for, Belgian Waffles with Belgian Chocolate! They were absolutely delicious!!
I’m keeping my eyes peeled for some Brussel Sprouts simply because I find humor in eating them here, but that doesn’t seem to be a thing in the city of Brussels (or they got tired of all the jokes and stopped offering them).
While this has been an awesome experience, we are leaving soon to visit the 1958 Worlds Fair site called Atomium. It is an enlargement of an iron atom made out of stainless steel!
The adventure continues!
The Adventure Continues
We are tied up in southern Spain at a marina while we wait for the winter season to pass. This means no sailing but that doesn’t have to mean no traveling!
We rented a van for two months and are getting ready to set out on a fun road trip through Europe.
WiFi might not be as consistent which means that the posts might miss a day here or there but we are still exploring and will have exciting adventures to bring you!
Flying Back to the Boat
We have a really long way to go but we snagged a really good deal. The flights for Maddie and I were $562 for both of us including all our luggage. Our new dodger was categorized as camping equipment and no additional charge was enforced. The electric motor we are taking to replace one of the two that is not functioning weighs 30 lbs and is smaller than a suitcase, so that is checked bag #1. Bag#2 is clothes. Cameras are in a “personal bag”, and all our clothes and junk is in our carry on. Now we wait for our connecting flight to depart.
