RobinsonAdventures2020

Friday, March 13, 2020 What a day it has been!! First thing this morning, our friends from Australia arrived at our hotel in Casablanca. It was great to see them all – Barb and John Hurst and Sue and David Morgan. It has been about a year and a half since our paths last crossed. We met in the lobby and proceeded to the hotel restaurant for a coffee and chat. After the initial hellos, it did not take long for the conversation to turn to Covid-19 Virus and its impact on our worlds. During the time they were in the air, the Australian government put out a notice to avoid all unnecessary international travel. Too little, too late. They were already in transit and now, here we all are. At the same time, the Canadian government also issued a statement the same message: avoid all unnecessary international travel. To cause further angst among the group, Spain was identified as a hot spot for Covid and all air and sea transportation was cancelled from Morocco to Spain. As all of u...

Friday, March 6, 2020 We arose in Gibraltar and went to bed in Morocco. There were many steps in between. We bid farewell to Gibraltar right after breakfast – packing done, luggage in the car, passports at the ready. And we were off! Or so we thought … until the barrier came down to block the only road that leads to Spain. You may recall that the only way onto Gibraltar is to drive or walk or bike across the runway of the Gibraltar airport. Well, there was a plane due to land and the barricade came down just as we approached the runway. We turned off the engine and settled in to wait for the plane. Within five minutes, there it was, flashing across our line of vision as it made its way toward the end of the runway. We waited but the barrier did not arise again. That is because the terminal is on the other side of the road which means that after a plane lands it has to stop, turn around and taxi back across the road to the terminal. And that it did. By this time there was a lo...