Spain & Morocco - 1 days before departure

It's Monday May 13, 2008 which is one day after Russ' 34th birthday. Its also 1 days before Lee-Anne and I leave for our 26 day trip to Spain and Morocco. Why Spain and Morocco? There were several reasons:
1) Spain and Morocco have enchanting culture, architechure, and history which intrigues us.
2) Our friend's brother lives in Morocco and has given us many useful "insider" tips about the country.
3) Lee-Anne's fascination with flamenco dancing. Here's a clip of some flamenco dancing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhits_HAeKM
4) In 2005, Russ went to Spain and loved it! I vowed one day to return to Barcelona and experience more of Spain's sights, food (yay Tapas!), wine, and culture.

Portugal was also one of our planned destinations when we booked our flights however we decided to skip Portugal on this trip to allow us more time in Morocco and Spain. Hopefully one day we'll add a Portugal, Basque Country, and Madrid adventure to this blog.

While in Spain and Morocco we'll be meeting up with our friend Spench. Spench is driving around Morocco in a 4x4 with his German friend Axel. We hope to meet up with Spench for a few days in Marrakech. We'll spend a few days together in Barcelona at the end of our trip. Here's a link to Spench's travel blog. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ljJpKYMia6PFT5TF0ijaaHJ41VX7

Here is a rough itinerary of when and where we'll be.
5/14 - Fly out of SFO ~7pm
5/15 - Arrive in Barcelona ~7:30pm (lay over in Heathrow. No wammies, no wammies, ...)
5/16(17) - Midnight flight to Marrakech.
5/17-5/19 - Marrakech, Morocco
5/19-5/20 - Essaouira, Morocco
5/20-5/22 - Fez, Morocco
5/23 - 5/24 - Chefchaouen, Morocco
5/25 - 5/26 - Traveling to Tangiers, Morocco taking a ferry to Southern Spain and Gibraltar.
5/27 - 6/2 - Seville, Granada, and Cordoba - Spain
6/2 - 6/8 - Barcelona, Spain
6/8 - Flying home. Arrive in SFO ~5pm

Lee-Anne and I would love hearing from our friends and family as we travel.

With Love,
Russ and Lee-Anne