LONG DRIVING DAY - "Are we in Rabat yet?"
Volubilis - Wild Morning Glory
Roman ruins in growing wild flowers.
Picking flowers in Volubilis to press forever.
MOULAY IDRISS circa 800
Rocks
Limestone
Order
Chaos
Mosaic
Columns
Storks
Berber land cruiser - donkey
Saturday market
The Gate of the Victorious
Ancient archeological Site, Roman City, Palace, Royal Residence
Columns take to decorate Meknes
40 hectares NO SHADE only 1 tree
Arc of Triomphe always facing Rome
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/836
MEKNES
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/793
https://www.roughguides.com/article/meknes-morocco/
DAVID BOWIE FILMED THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST IN THE GRANARIES AND STABLES.
RABAT
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1401
https://www.journeybeyondtravel.com/blog/hassan-tower-mohamed-v-mausoleum.html
1912 Capital of Morocco - Official Administrative Royal Residency
Rock the Casbah
"The French get out through the door but they get in through the window" - Karim, guide
New City designed by the French
Red = royal family dynasty
Green Star = muslim faith
Fez protest of French rule - move capital to Rabat
Medina sections: Andalusian, Jewish, and Turks
Tree of the Mother-in-law, Oleander = poison
INVADER in Rabat 2017 - I found a few mosaics randomly around the city.
http://www.space-invaders.com/world/rabat/
https://www.graffitistreet.com/space-invaders-invasion-of-rabat-morocco-2017/
https://www.slideshare.net/rvleb/space-invaders-morocco-maroc-in-marrakech-rabat
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