Author Archives: Varya

Beijing Heaven and Earth

Our tables are set with linen, wine glasses and a centerpiece of white roses which contrasts sharply with their location in a 15th century grey stone watchtower of the Great… Read more »

China Entry 2019

Varya visits China to experience the main tourist cities of this impressive country: Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai. Please join her as she walks through centuries of the past and… Read more »

Essaouria by the Sea

Our last visit as a group is to Essaouria on the sea coast, a North African town masquerading as a French provincial seaport, a favorite resort location for both Moroccans… Read more »

Marrakech Magic

Marrakech Magic at Dusk The great square of Jamma El Famma in the heart of the old Medina of Marrakech is one of the great 10-ring circuses on earth.  Here… Read more »

Camels and Kasbahs

It is now our chance to experience desert life in the Northern Sahara.  We drive past agricultural villages into an ever-increasing stark landscape until we veer off to a dry… Read more »

Mid-Atlas Village Life

Up into the Mid-Atlas Mountain range we climb, driving to the summer playground for the rich and famous in Morocco, the town of Ifrane, built with French chalets and beautiful… Read more »

Fabulous Fes

Fes – the name evokes images of the exotic, distant travelers from another age leading their camels or walking with horses and sheep to bring the riches of the caravansary… Read more »

Meknes Medina

The light rain contains its own beauty as well as perils as we drive through winding roads on the way to Meknes.   A beautiful full double rainbow appears over… Read more »

Chefchaouen Blues

Chefchaouen is known as the Blue City — a beautiful small town build on a hillside, layers upon layers built up like a many-tiered cake over centuries, creating tall walls… Read more »