My Weekend in Tangier!

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Apologies for not writing for a while; I've been so busy lately its crazy!
Last weekend a group of my friends & I decided to take a weekend trip to Tangier- a city on the Mediterranean Sea. So after class on Friday we hopped in a cab to Meknes (a town maybe 40ish minutes away) & proceeded to make our way to Tangier by train. The ride was so much better than my initial train ride into Fes; we took pictures, danced silly, & had a lot of fun just hanging out. By the time we pulled into the train station in Tangier it was really late. We met two more friends at the station & set off to find a place to sleep. Unfortunately our cab driver dropped us off at the wrong place & left us at this rather shady part of the old medina. Luckily, a man came by & offered to help us, & we found a great hotel for about 150 dirhams a night. By the time we got settled in it was nearmy midnight & we were starving, so we grabbed a late night dinner at a nice lebanese restaurant a few blocks away. The food was good- but not as good as Savoury Maza in Scranton!
The next day we wet out pretty early (for me anyway), to walk around & see the sights. Irene really wanted to check out the beach, so after breakfast we did exactly that. My friend Hailey had an awesome camera & got some amazing shots of the beach that I'll be sure to post soon. The rest of the day was spent shopping & browsing through the many, many shops that Tangier had to offer. We also took a tour of the old medina & got some amazing shots of that as well. We also spent an hour or so watching coverage of the political uprising in Egypt on Al-Jazeera. The footage we saw was so chaotic; I'd hate to be caught in the middle of it. I really hope the mess stops soon...
We decided to check out the bar down the street from our hotel after dinner that night. It was a lot of fun just having a couple of drinks & listening to the music with my friends. The only downside was that the room became so hazy from all the smokers that my hair smelled like an ashtray the next day.
All in all it was an awesome weekend. I can't wait to see what tops it! The only downside was that the weather in Tangier was awful; every ten minute it would rain. The stop. The sun would come out, & then it rained again. It was like mother nature couldn't make up her mind!

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Photos

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my friends & i on the beach in tangier

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stormy weather in tangier

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me & irene on the beach in tangier

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a camel on the beach!

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the old medina in tangier