Loving Tangier

I must say I am impressed with Tangier. It is a lively city, the Medina is sufficiently large to be interesting but not large enough to be overwhelming, the influence of the Mediterranean is visible in the bright colors, and as a major port there seems to be more ethnic variety. Suffice it to say that this morning alone I have taken more than 150 pictures, even though it is cloudy and the colors don't come out as brilliant.

The Medina I found particularly nice. Not as large as Fez, not as "commercial" as Marrakech, not as small and regular as Rabat, and plenty of alleys in which to get lost without being really lost, only to discover sinewy streets, brilliant buildings, dazzling doors, awesome arches, magnificent mosques and pleasant people.

It's also been fun taking pictures of a variety of signs, some funny because of the Arabic spelling of foreign words, other just interesting in and of themselves. Coke and Pepsi duke it out even here, while Sprite and Fanta look on.
Meanwhile, I am trying to be extremely frugal in my last day and a half. I used up most of my remaining Dirhams yesterday during my last couple of hours in Fez picking up a few small souvenirs, and arrived in Fez with some 70Dhr. The cab ride from the station cost me 30Dhr. Last night I had various things to eat from the street for about 20Dhr (including 10Dhr for the snails), and today I had a cheese sandwich, a glass of Kefir, a Moroccan honey crepe, and a mint tea, all for 14Dhr, which leaves me with 8Dhr. Cooked garbanzo beans, bread and perhaps some olives should be within my budget. For now I am taking an afternoon break to recharge batteries -- the camera batteries, that is. This morning I investigated the Ferry situation for tomorrow, which should be very easy. Hard to believe my Morocco adventure is almost over!