Catching Up or Not

"The Cloud" Cedar Park, 2017
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“The Cloud” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Well, the two week vacation has altered my schedule a bit, as I try to play catch-up with my blog. I usually like to post something every day but while on vacation I didn’t have the time, nor energy, to do that. I did write outlines for each day, though, and have edited the photos so now I just need to fill the posts out. It’s fun, but takes time.

Progress has been made and I have finished up with my Morocco posts and am currently working on Spain. Besides the post-a-day blogging, I also have been posting to my 365 project, where I take a photo every day. Taking the photo is actually not a problem. But posting it to the Flickr group is something that I’ll need to do.

I guess I have something to keep myself busy with this weekend!

Today’s photo is of a cool cloud that was hovering over our house this afternoon.

I hope you had a nice Friday!

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Back on Schedule

"Kitty kitty" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
“Kitty kitty” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Well, today it was “back to work” for me. Surprisingly, I only had about 250 emails to go through, although my work queue jumped to 25 new requests. 😨 It’s a challenge being the sole graphic designer in the company, but it’s good work, and pretty fun. And I get to manage a lot of contract work too. Good stuff!

Anyways, I’ve fallen behind on my daily posts due to our two-week vacation, however, I have the photos for each day processed, and outlines written for each day. So, I’ll post them to the corresponding date so it will keep my postaday effort going. 🙂

Today, please enjoy the photo of our two cats, who were happy to see us when we came home! 😻

またね~

Exploring Rabat

"Hassan Tower" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/1400 sec, ISO200
“Hassan Tower” Rabat, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today was a slow-paced day spent walking around Rabat. I’ll just list out some of the places we visited and let you all enjoy the photos. 😁

  • Phare de Rabat (lighthouse)
  • Kasbah of the Udayas
  • Andalusian Gardens
  • Rabat Medina shopping
  • Jardin Nouzhat Hassan
  • Hassan Tower
  • Mausoleum of Mohammed V
  • Chellah ruins

Oh, we also enjoyed an early sushi dinner at a restaurant named Matsuri. 😀🍣

I hope you had a good day!

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"Phare de Rabat" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO200
“Phare de Rabat” Rabat, 2017
"The Ocean" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/14, 1/250 sec, ISO200
“The Ocean” Rabat, 2017
"Beast of Burden" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/1300 sec, ISO200
“Beast of Burden” Rabat, 2017
"Relaxing Cat" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/320 sec, ISO200
“Relaxing Cat” Rabat, 2017
"Kasbah Alleyway" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/300 sec, ISO200
“Kasbah Alleyway” Rabat, 2017
"Kasbah Alleyway" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/240 sec, ISO200
“Kasbah Alleyway” Rabat, 2017
"Kasbah Door" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/400 sec, ISO200
“Kasbah Door” Rabat, 2017
"Towards Salle" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/850 sec, ISO200
“Towards Salle” Rabat, 2017
"Beating the Heat" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/280 sec, ISO200
“Beating the Heat” Rabat, 2017
"Tattoos" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/750 sec, ISO200
“Tattoos” Rabat, 2017
"Chellah Ruins" Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/800 sec, ISO200
“Chellah Ruins” Rabat, 2017



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Traveling to Rabat

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/1400 sec, ISO200
“Rabat-Ville” Rabat, 2017

Today we left Marrakech by train and headed up to the capital of Morocco, Rabat. After checking into Riad Meftaha, we had an early dinner at Dar Naji.

It’s Ramadan, so only a few places were open before sundown, but Dar Naji was ready for us non-Muslim tourists with a special fixed menu of salad, bread, tagine (beef or chicken) fresh fruit, and of course mint tea. All delicious!

After the sun went down, the restaurant filled with locals ending their daily fasts, and it was like a party atmosphere!

The kids wanted to just relax the rest of the night back at the Riad (and enjoy the Wi-Fi) but Mariko and I strolled around the empty Medina. It was eerily quiet, but really cool. I took plenty of photos! 😀

We finished our evening with a coffee and cake at La Couronne Doree before heading back to the Riad.

I hope you had a good day!

おやすみ

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/1800 sec, ISO200
“Marrakech Station” Marrakech, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/38 sec, ISO6400
“Beef Tagine” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO3200
“Mint Tea” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO1000
“Old Signs” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO1000
“Ramadan Evening” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/20 sec, ISO6400
“Levitating Mannequin” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/105 sec, ISO6400
“Rabat-Cat” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO2000
“Quiet Medina” Rabat, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO2000
“Cafe” Rabat, 2017



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