On The Road With The YaYa's

Sally

  • Rain, Rain Go Away

    We arrived in Reykjavik at 4:30 in the morning, an hour ahead of schedule. They opened the doors at both the front and the back of the plane. The only problem was there was no jet way. We had to… Continue reading

  • Iceland via Philadelphia

    The smartest thing I ever did was to leave Orlando a day early because I never would have gotten out of the airport on Wednesday if I had waited. The airport was a zoo because Disney just closed down but… Continue reading

  • Traveling Before Ivan

    It is just my luck that I am suppose to leave for Iceland on Wednesday, just when hurricane Ivan is due to arrive. So my original plan was to change my Wednesday flight to Newark to Tuesday and spend the… Continue reading

  • Casablanca

    The trip to Casablanca was sad because we knew that the trip was ending. Casablanca is also on the ocean so our drive was due north. Beautiful field of wildflowers along the road. Hassan II Mosque is the largest in… Continue reading

  • Marrakesh to seaside Essaouira

    Essaouira is Khalid’s favorite place and once I got there I could completely understand why. The trip there was fun and unusual. Our first stop was to see goats in a tree. We were told that sometimes they are there,… Continue reading

  • Marrakesh Day 2

    On our second day in Marrakesh we took a tour to the Ourika Valley about 2 hours from Marrakesh. It started out very foggy but turned into a beautiful day. The town was a Berber village. We had to walk… Continue reading

  • The Girls!

    I knew Peggy only causally from the Boomer Babes. Traveling with anyone for the first time is always a risk. Before this Morocco trip even started I booked 2 more trips with her, Egypt and Turkey. Happily we are very… Continue reading

  • Hotel Pictures

    We stayed in some pretty fabulous places during this vacation. The first one was the Villa Mandarine in Rabat. Beautiful grounds and flowers. We next moved to the Riad Salem Fes in Fes, Morocco. This was by far my favorite.… Continue reading

  • Food Pictures

    Basically the food was very good but everything required salt. They prepared vegetarian meals for me and two other people on the trip. I only cheated twice eating a lamb shank and grilled calamari. Continue reading

  • Home Hosted Dinner

    A very important part of this tour, in addition to the history of the area, is to teach you how the locals live. In that spirit we went to the home of Layla and her daughter who live in an… Continue reading