One of the destinations that I\u2019ve been interested in visiting for a while is the country of Morocco. I\u2019ve really been into seeing the decorations and tile work that make up much of decoration in mosques and other Islamic structures. I think I first got into it back when we toured the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Morocco seemed like a little bit of a challenging destination for us, and we wanted to take the trip in cooler weather rather than the brutal summer. Besides that, we had a connection in Rabat – Yuki\u2019s friend Aida lives there and we thought it would be great to stop in and see her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When planning the trip I put together some cities I would like to visit – and then with our flight going through Istanbul it seemed like a good idea to work in a few days in Portugal as a sort of decompression before returning to Japan. As it turned out the tiles of Lisbon were their own sort of attraction for me, so it turned into a tile-themed trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What follows is a day by day journal of our trip. Hopefully it will keep the journey fresh for us, and if someone else is reading it may be useful for their future trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019ll have to scroll down to see the start of the trip – from December 21st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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