Sunday, May 1 (Photos to come) What an amazing day!  The weather was picture-perfect.  We began the day driving up to Signal Mountain to capture the view of Cape Town that we missed on our earlier visit to the top of Table Mountain and we were not disppointed.  Our scenic drive took us past lovely coastal suburbs including Hout [...]

  Friday, April 29   Following a sumptuous breakfast buffet, we headed to the ferry that took us to Robben Island, site of the legendary prison (now a museum) where many South African political prisoners, including its most famous ”resident” Nelson Mandela, was incarcerated.  After a brief tour of the island, we met with former prisoner Ntoza Talakumeni  who spoke to us [...]

   Our group of travelers from across the country met up today at the lovely, historic Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. The weather was spectacular and we were lucky to have unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains. We gathered for a lively welcome reception this evening complete with wonderful South African wines, South Africa’s [...]

We continued our tour of Rabat with visits to the Oudaia Kasbah (fortress), the royal palace and the Chellah, the site of ancient Roman ruins. We stopped at the mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Belghazi Museum and residence, where we enjoyed lunch.  Our Tour Director, Saddik, has been terrific as he guides us through this fascinating [...]

What a great group! Everyone arrived safely and spent the first day in Rabat getting to know one another and exotic Morocco. Rabat, the capital, is our first stop. After checking into the hotel, we rode to the beautiful home of  the U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, The Hon. Samuel Kaplan, and his wife, Mrs. Sylvia [...]