It happens all the time when I am traveling, I decided to go somewhere because of the name, or maybe some mystique that I’ve assigned to it, and the city surprises me. Tangier did just that. I don’t know what I was expecting, but when I got here everything was just easy. I got to the riad easy, found dinner easy, walked around the city easily. I like when that happens. For the most part Tangier is more modern than any of the cities I’ve been to in Morocco so far. It has night clubs, lots of open air cafes and lots and lots of tourists. It looks like from the plates I’ve seen on many of the cars that Europeans come here for holiday–makes sense.

Another thing that surprised me was the prices for things. I had a full sit-down dinner with two drinks for only $5.20. So far I’m really enjoying this city.

The riad I’m staying at is probably one of the more beautiful buildings that I been in on my whole vacation. I haven’t taken any pictures yet, but it’s so incredible that I definitely will. In my room there’s a canopy bed, a couch, mosaic tiles on the floor and half of the walls, and on the ceiling. It really is stunning.