aroundtheworldwJudy: BLUE ... in MOROCCO

Entering Casablanca

Casablanca Port view at night: cranes, container lifts, and, across the bay, the Hassan II mosque - 3rd tallest mosque in the world, with the green beacon lazer light directed toward Mecca.

Intrepid travelers awaiting the shuttle bus to begin Moroccan travels.
The MV World Odyssey is in the background.

Katrina, Louise, and Judy travel overland 6+ hours north on a coach bus into the Rif Mountains.

to Chefchaouen ... the blue city of Morocco

Chefchaouen, the blue city, is not ALL blue, just mostly .....

What does one do in Chefchaouen? Take blue photos of the blue city with it's passages, stairways, alley ways, people, and plazas .... mostly all blue. The city has been blue since the 1930's - the Moroccan Jews of the area apparently preferred blue for spiritual reasons .... and also, the color blue is supposedly NOT attractive to bugs and mosquitos ... go figure. Additionally, as a community identity, it's a grand marketing strategy, now isn't it?

Close quarters in the many shops for metal work, ceramics, leather,

and of course, carpets

Breakfast view from the rooftop terrace.

Breakfast is traditionally served at a riad lodging on the rooftop terrace with stunning views over the city and down into the narrow streets and passage ways.

On the rooftop terrace of our riad, a skylight for the room below.
Oddly, the architectural angles differ.

La Place Grande in the center of the medina by the kasbah.

School girls chattering together.

Women in groups in La Grande Place at twilight.

Cafe's in the central square of the medina afford comfortable seating, crowd watching, and delicious food and drink.

A side trip on the way back to Casablanca to Volubulus, an archeological ruins of a stately Roman city
from 100 BC to approximately 200 AD - the western reach in Morocco of the Roman Empire.