the_happiness_store

A Riad would be a lot of fun. From my experience in Fes I would much rather stay in the medina area. It is a long way off though.
A lot of reviews talk about being hassled in the medina. This was not my experience in Fes.

LLM

Had no problems in Fes or anywhere else in Morocco (single woman) but medina in Marrakesh was so annoying I just went back to Le Meridien which was bliss.

sbm12

Yes, you will have kids come up to you all the time telling you that you're going the wrong way, that a road/alley is closed or some other random crap and then try to get a few Dirhams out of you for their "help" in getting you to your destination. They really aren't all that hard to ignore if you choose to do so.

RNE

You will enjoy this unique nation. The wife and I have been to CAS and AGA, enjoying both greatly, probably the latter more so than the former. AGA seemed more open and tourist-friendly. (We probably enjoy more touristy things than most travelers, YMMV.)

flyingfkb

I think I have to wait for the December 2011 weather forecast for FRA before I can commit. In my case the Athens Do 2010 went up in snow. But put me down as interested.

stimpy

I love Morocco. It's like California. Mountains, beaches, deserts, crazy people...

I go to Casa often for business and I've driven to Marrackech, but have never taken the train. Should be fun. It will be cool and maybe rainy in December, but not too cold.

I can highly recommend the Sofitel! If it turns out to be warm, the pool scene there is great.

boxo

Please add me to the Interested list. On the African continent for the first time with some of my favorite FT peeps sounds great.

dhammer53

Sounds like a innovative idea for a DO Mike. ^

I'd love to go on something like this, but I'm attending sales meetings in LAS at the time.

bdschobel

Please add me to the "interested" list. I'm going to see if I can get a good airfare. Never been to Morocco -- but very interested. No problem for me getting time off then.

Bruce

MikeMpls

I hope nobody has bought tickets yet.

We have not flown domestically since my wife received her Thanksgiving Grope on the way home Nov. 1, and I'm rather liking our TSA-free, grope-free existence.

We had a great time at the Athens DO in December (non-refundable tickets had us "hooked" anyway), and that was where I hatched the idea for the Marrakesh DO, but after not stepping on a plane for almost 3 months now, I'm just not excited about it any more. It's possible to find other pursuits that don't involve getting groped and hassled by knuckle-draggers, and we've done that.

I'd like to see the outcome of some cases currently in the courts, but unless there are some favorable changes in the next month or two, I'm not going to go through with this.

MikeMpls

I set May 1 as my personal deadline to decide whether or not to subject ourselves to TSA & put our butts back on planes this year.

We're not going to. Six months of driving to St. Louis every 2-3 weeks has convinced me that there is a saner way for the indefinite future. We're now planning a two-week vacation for this summer, transportation to be provided by our red Beetle.

The irony, for those who know me, is that our last flight was on Delta due to IROPS returning from FRA after Christmas.

I will ask the mods to close this thread.