Malaga, Spain

Warm evening stroll, wine, tapas, swanky hotel = perfect end to our trip before flying home the next morning. 

Morocco: Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen was my favorite part of the trip. It was a disorienting but tranquil maze of powder blue footpaths.

Morocco: Cats in Tangier

The number of cats on the streets of Tangier was very surprising to me (more than any other city I've visited, no dogs in sight); but even more shocking (in the best possible way) was how the locals loved them!  During the course of just two days we witnessed old ladies hand-feeding the street cats bits of meat, children toting them around in their arms, and fishmongers tossing out free fish to a whole crowd of expectant felines.  There were little dishes of water set out in every alley.  Once when a man saw me photographing a gaggle of kittens he ran back into his house and came back out with a can of cat food.

Morocco: Streets of Tangier

Morocco: La Tangerina

In Tangier we stayed at La Tangerina, a boutique riad in the heart of the kasbah.  Sipping sweet mint tea on the rooftop terrace was pure luxury with its sweeping views of the city on one side and the coasts of Spain on the other.  ALL of the photos in this post were taken right from the hotel!