http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/The-Fam-O---Haunch/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from The Fam O Haunch en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:23:40 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:23:40 +0000 Final Leg You can read the last two blogs by logging on and finding our header.Getting up early is not the best practice of the younger Quigley teens however it was necessary on our journey to Switzerland. We reserved a train out of Vernazza at 600am and arrived in Interlaken around 4pm. Let me first say that this country is the cleanest I have ever encountered. There must be some mandat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-422033.html Onward to Italy......if you have not read the first third of trip you can review before reading this entryIf returning the car in Paris was challenging then getting to Italy was equally a tough one. We arrived at the train station and found our train waiting for us to board. We decided on a 6 berth for cost reasons and were pleasantly surprised to find two very nice young ladies from Sweden sh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-419942.html Today was a big day for our family. We finally embarked on the epic journey that we have been planning for more than a year and dreaming about for many more. We flew out today from Marrakesh Morocco. As many may know there are some crazy airlines here in the African continent and EasyJet is only one of them...but it is cheap. We got up early loaded the gelcap and drove down. A wonderful m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-411437.html I definitely wanted the tyedyed one.......................The long awaited trip was upon us. It is spring break for the school here in Morocco so we had decided to hit the road to the Sahara desert. Camels Kasbahrsquos the oasis possibly a quad rental but for sure a camel camping excursion in the Sahara. The journey began around 5am on Sunday. Travelling in a caravan of cars from Casab http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Mekn-s-Tafilalet/Merzouga/blog-395821.html The Cascade drsquo Ouzoud is considered one of the special places to visit in Morocco. We had been told about the magnificent waterfalls great Berber towns in the area. Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Getting there was http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tadla-Azilal/Ouzoud-Falls/blog-384996.html Our family recently heard about this place south of Marrakesh called Terres d'Amanar Marrakech. It was said that it had the longest zip lines in the country. On the way we stopped in a little villeage to have some traditional Tagine from a little side store. We were able to feed all 10 fo us for about 12.................typical for roadside fare the mint tea was a bonus. We decided to spend http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Marrakech-Tensift-El-Haouz/Marrakech/blog-384372.html Today was the Moroccan Holiday at GWA in Casablanca. It was a crazy. Tiffany and Brenna were able to get henna tatoos dance to traditional music and watch acrobatic dancing. The students participated and there was a ton of good food. This is an annual festival put on by George Washington Academy in Casablanca. Everyone wore traditional garb..............a definite good time. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Grand-Casablanca/Casablanca/blog-376226.html We decided to take a day from school and work to spend the day in El Jedida Morocco. El Jedida is about an hour by coastal road from Casablanca. It is a beautiful trip and we stopped in Azemmour to visit the local medina and the fortress that has a very rich history of Portugese rule. This area was ruled by many countries including Spain Portugal Morocco France and other various tribes. O http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Doukkala-Abda/El-Jadida/blog-376216.html