OMG -Viv was Right All Along!

 


Viv, my long suffering primus pilus, has often challenged me by telling me that I spend too much time planning the ‘what if’, or the next holiday or (most commonly), the next meal and that this is often at the expense of appreciating the NOW……….bugger me, I thing I finally get that she is right.  Those that know me well will understand that frankly, I would rather ‘pass a bowling ball’ that admit that, but credit where credit due this time.  The dog who I set next to today having my lunch agrees!

So I got to Morocco yesterday night having saluted His Majesty’s last possession in the Med🫡 as we passed and arrived to the anticipated chaos in Tangier port where I narrowly avoided both the full emptying of all of the contents of the defender and the rubber glove treatment!  Others were not so lucky….


So after a poor nights sleep in the port, I headed off this morning towards the Fis mountains and the town of Chefchaouen……the ‘blue town’, stopping for breakfast of eggs, olives and bread with the obligatory tea in the mountains.


I have not used any filters on these photo’s, it is truly stunning and blue (I would have inserted a sound clip of Eiffel 65, but am low on Moroccan data ….sorry to all you lovers of 90’s dance anthems).  Taking Viv’s advice, just sat in a cafe drinking mint tea and the dog and I just people watched.  A blissful hour or so where I realised I am not the strangest cut sandwich in the picnic 🤫




Think I am going to chill here for another day or 2 before going to the ancient Royal Cities of Fès and Meknes and the vast Roman ruins at Volubilis.

The implications of Viv being right are two-fold and a real cause of concern to me: 

1.  The things I have missed and will never experience again by not being truly ‘present’ when they were occurring.

2.  And far more worrying…if she was right about this, what else might she be right about🙈🙊🙉


Location: Chefchaouen, Morocco

Comments

  1. life controllerFebruary 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM

    Fret not, my moments of genius are rare and if you missed the others, then they have, alas, already passed you by. Bask in the blueness, and under no circumstances bring home another dog!!!!

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  2. LeonFebruary 19, 2024 at 8:13 PM

    Laughing, expand the photo of the contents of those vans at customs: they actually have a full size cooker in the back of that van! All of those lofe moments are there dont worry, u just need another beer to remember them! Safe travels Gaffa x

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  3. Further up northFebruary 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM

    Wow profound discovery!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM

    "Not the strangest cut sandwich in the picnic" lol I seem to remember we discovered that in Domino's :) Loving the updates, shame about the rubber gloves, but still, there's always the return trip - drb

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  5. The boyFebruary 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM

    Oh lord! I do hope you got some legal advice before making such a bold statement!

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