Here’s looking at you, kids!

Back in 2001, my husband and I went on an amazing tour of Morocco. It’s much more ‘touristy’ now, and is very different in many ways, but it’s still been wonderful to be back.

One city we didn’t visit the first time was Casablanca so today we went on a full-day excursion there. One couple about our age had arranged to recreate the famous scene from the film by having lunch at Rick’s Cafe - very romantic! - but the most incredible coincidence was that one guy in our group was from the same place I was born and had even gone to the same high school as my parents, although several decades later! Honestly, what a small world this is!

Back to the market in Marrakech for dinner, where I got assaulted (literally!) by a woman who grabbed my arm, poured a whole tube of fake henna all over my hand then demanded an extortionate amount in payment. Apart from that, not a bad Valentine’s Day!