Morocco Trip – Part 2: Jews of Morocco, & Visiting Essaouira
Morocco once had a thriving Jewish community and says it has no history of anti-semitism. So why are there almost no Jews still living there?
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
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Morocco: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (& The Beautiful)
Part 1 of our tour of Morocco. Includes Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fes, Mid-Atlas mountains, a night in the desert, camel riding, and movie sets.
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I wrote my first book when I was in Grade 2, for a beloved teacher who was in hospital. It was a collection of my stories and poems, and some by my favourite poet at the time, Ogden Nash. Since…
How to Travel for 100 Days With Just Carry-on Luggage in 2024
Travelling to multiple continents over 100+ days is totally do-able with only carry-on luggage. Here's how.
What Have You Missed Most During the Covid-19 Pandemic?
I have taken several online writing courses since house-arrest began, and in one (a session put on by Connie Messing, one of the Writers in Residence for Metro Edmonton Federation of Libraries), we were asked to write (with no thinking…
Flight Cancellations & More: The Roller Coaster Ride of Fleeing Coronavirus
Panic didn’t really set in for us until borders started closing and flights being cancelled. In my previous blog post (Love in the Time of Coronavirus), I wrote that after it was clear our March 30 KLM flights from Malaga…
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
It seems like years since we were in Cape Verde, given all that has happened since we returned to Malaga just over two weeks ago. I still have other posts about Cape Verde that I will put up eventually, but…
Why Contingency Funds Are Important in Retirement Planning
In thinking through whether we could afford to retire early and still have the kind of life (and travels) that we wanted, we knew it was important to set aside contingency funds. While the assumption was that it would be…
Gearing Up for Nearly 5 Months of Travel
Yikes! I’m just a day away from departing on my next batch of travels. This time I’ll be going to: Kuwait Turkey Israel Spain Morocco I hope to have the energy to blog while I’m in each of these places,…