Greetings!
Our last long driving day, we returned to Casablanca. Mohammed took us up a coastal route, and we passed through many small towns surrounded by olive orchards.
Usually, the olives are ripe by now, and pressing their oil is in full swing everywhere. But, like Argan oil, the dry season has been brutal on olives. Fortunately for us, one small olive pressing operation was taking a chance with their first press when we showed up in the town. We got to step right into their processing, observe the machines and workers, and even buy some end product (probably the first of the season).
At one happy place stop (anywhere we can use the restroom for a small coin), we hiked over the sand dunes to the low tide pools and breaking waves. My surfing/coastal activist soul was only partially nourished, but the ice cream we had at the cafe helped us all with childhood memories.
The next two days are our last on the tour portion of our trip. On Friday, we fly to Lisbon, Portugal. We'll pick up a car, and drive to a private home for three days to begin our exploration of that country.
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Wednesday, Oct 2nd, Casablanca, Morocco.
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