So we arrive Sunday night too tired to do much but walk around and eat dinner. The traveling had been long... to get out of Morocco you first have to go through security to get in the airport, then you have to go through ticketing and it's not worth trying to take on a big carry on because they won't let you, and then through passport control (which takes a long time even though its on the way out!) and then through real airport security and then on the plane.
So Monday morning we go to the Royal Palace that consists of an old pharmacy (not that exciting), an armory (which shows how fat many of the kings were) and the actual palace. Maybe I'm jaded, but overall, it was mostly just overly decorated rooms. I think I've learned to like the geometrical designs of Arab culture. We also went to the new Cathedral that was just recently built and it also seemed to gaudy for me. There was too much gold, too much flashiness. After that, I was feeling sick, so I split up with my friends and went for a siesta. After that I walked to the Retina park which is gorgeous. It has lost of flowers and then a pond with lots of boats and then statues and then a building made of glass with a fountain in front of it which was gorgeous as the sunset. Then I went to the Modern Art Museum (which has another name but I forgot it) which had a really cool exhibit by a guy named Paul Thek and lots of Picasso and Dali. It was interesting seeing the Guernica in person, it wasn't as exciting as I expected, although I loved Picasso's paintings of crying women. The more modern stuff was really not that exciting (other than Paul Thek). If something is going to be weird, I want it to be really really weird, and this stuff was too tame for me. That night we went out to eat at a Kebab place (pretty much the European version of Kebab, which I love). The next day I slept in a bit because my cold was still bothering me and me and my friend just went to see the Cervantes square and walked around. After a nice Indian meal (you have no idea how exciting ethnic food is after being in Morocco) we went to the Prado which was huge, but my favorite was by far Heronymous Bosche. We didn't even see all of it when the Museum closed at 8. For dinner we went to Chinese, which was also exciting to have even though there are Chinese places in Morocco. I have learned that I love tea after being in Morocco, and was really excited to have it at both the Indian and Chinese place.
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