With the Leica Akademie in Morocco-Part 6

From Tangier we travelled south to Chefchaouen-the Blue City. It was a pretty tedious drive.

The surfaces on Moroccan roads are  good -at least in the northern parts we travelled. The problem is that the roads are winding. Although the Romans were in Morocco they obviously did not bring their  road building A Team with them. They're the ones who built the straight roads all over Europe.

Chefchaouen is definitely blue but not as blue as I was expecting. The two things I most remember about the charming city is that the newly built hotel where we stayed had 6 storeys but no lift. When I expressed surprise at this to the man delivering my bag to my first floor room he explained that the hotel had only been built 6 months. I am not sure what this had to do with the absence of a lift because there was no sign of a lift being built and no room for lift doors in the reception area.

Despite my room on the first floor the lack of a lift did affect me as the restaurant was located on the roof terrace. And this brings me to the second item I most remember about Chefchaouen-it is a dry city. That's right no alcohol and after climbing to the 6th storey of a hotel a beer would be very welcome.

Here's the Chefchaouen photos. Another game of street soccer and some blue.