Comments on: Roman Ruins in Morocco http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:12:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Simon Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:13:58 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-310 Aidan, I've never really entertained thoughts of living and working in the States. I've worked out there very briefly on a couple of occasions, and the 5 minute lunch break coupled with smoking areas even <em>outside</em> the buildings pretty much drew the line for me. Morocco is a great country. Sure, it has its problems as does any country with an expanding economy and a history of difficult political problems. I was there when they lost their last bid for the World Cup, and the country was really behind the bid. The effect of giving an event of that scale to a country like Morocco would be amazing for the locals. I hope they are successful in a future bid. You definitely want to watch out for those people holding hard-boiled eggs with the intention of throwing them into pools of water... although personally I would still allow some leniency to those people who take to grabbing half stale hard-boiled eggs from wedding buffets and lobbing them towards the nearest river / village pond. -Fruey Aidan,

I’ve never really entertained thoughts of living and working in the States. I’ve worked out there very briefly on a couple of occasions, and the 5 minute lunch break coupled with smoking areas even outside the buildings pretty much drew the line for me.

Morocco is a great country. Sure, it has its problems as does any country with an expanding economy and a history of difficult political problems. I was there when they lost their last bid for the World Cup, and the country was really behind the bid. The effect of giving an event of that scale to a country like Morocco would be amazing for the locals. I hope they are successful in a future bid.

You definitely want to watch out for those people holding hard-boiled eggs with the intention of throwing them into pools of water… although personally I would still allow some leniency to those people who take to grabbing half stale hard-boiled eggs from wedding buffets and lobbing them towards the nearest river / village pond.

-Fruey

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Simon Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:57:07 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-309 Hi Carrster, I'll post about that now! -Fruey Hi Carrster,

I’ll post about that now!

-Fruey

]]> By: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-308 carrster Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:17:24 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-308 Hi Fruey - any updates on your Little Man? Just wondering how he's doing.... Carrster Hi Fruey – any updates on your Little Man? Just wondering how he’s doing….
Carrster

]]> By: Aidan http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Aidan Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:37:05 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-307 Have pondered several times the myriad advantages of living and working in the States, as I imagine them. But the scandalously short holiday allowances always seem a real slap in the chops. I suppose they help explain the sheer friendly and delighted enthusiasm of the super-annuated Statesians I seem to stumnble across in central London pubs so many times, always coming away full of warmth for them yet instantly regretting the probably-opposite impression our too-too-insular group has made upon them... But Morocco does seem very impressive. Very unlucky, too, not to get the 2010 World Cup, having applied several times before as the trailblazing influence for too-long-neglected African nations, only to be pitted at the post by South Africa. Obviously football is merely a minor matter, but following the Olympic bid, obviously the people there are keen for the rest of the world to pay a little more attention, and decently so, I imagine... I will, of courae, now be confiscating any hard-boiled eggs I happen to see anyone of my acquaintance merely contemplating... Have pondered several times the myriad advantages of living and working in the States, as I imagine them.
But the scandalously short holiday allowances always seem a real slap in the chops.
I suppose they help explain the sheer friendly and delighted enthusiasm of the super-annuated Statesians I seem to stumnble across in central London pubs so many times, always coming away full of warmth for them yet instantly regretting the probably-opposite impression our too-too-insular group has made upon them…
But Morocco does seem very impressive. Very unlucky, too, not to get the 2010 World Cup, having applied several times before as the trailblazing influence for too-long-neglected African nations, only to be pitted at the post by South Africa. Obviously football is merely a minor matter, but following the Olympic bid, obviously the people there are keen for the rest of the world to pay a little more attention, and decently so, I imagine…
I will, of courae, now be confiscating any hard-boiled eggs I happen to see anyone of my acquaintance merely contemplating…

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Simon Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:35:53 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-304 Hi Pia Whether it's cheap or not, it's a minimum 7 hour flight from NYC, so it's still quite a trip. Airline security and rising fuel prices just make it worse. We usually get an average of 4 weeks paid holiday in Europe, some people get 5. That does allow taking a good break from work... -Fruey Hi Pia

Whether it’s cheap or not, it’s a minimum 7 hour flight from NYC, so it’s still quite a trip. Airline security and rising fuel prices just make it worse.

We usually get an average of 4 weeks paid holiday in Europe, some people get 5. That does allow taking a good break from work…

-Fruey

]]> By: pia http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-303 pia Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:13:12 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-303 Would love to go to Morroco. Used to be so easy to go to Europe and further points for us; now it's so expensive And you have long holidays; we have occassional three day weekends, two week vacations: for a puritianical productive country we're not great at either Would love to go to Morroco. Used to be so easy to go to Europe and further points for us; now it’s so expensive

And you have long holidays; we have occassional three day weekends, two week vacations: for a puritianical productive country we’re not great at either

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Simon Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:14:05 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-302 Fella, Yeah the weather isn't too hot here at the moment, and it was rarely poor in Rabat. I'd love to take the lil' Fella to check out the beaches near Rabat and introduce him to old friends. Just have to make sure we avoid the mother in law from Rabat... ;-) -Fruey Fella,

Yeah the weather isn’t too hot here at the moment, and it was rarely poor in Rabat. I’d love to take the lil’ Fella to check out the beaches near Rabat and introduce him to old friends. Just have to make sure we avoid the mother in law from Rabat… ;-)

-Fruey

]]> By: Fella http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Fella Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:07:42 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-301 I can understand why you get those Morocco blues when its freezing cold and pouring down with rain here in northern Europe. Perhaps a long holiday back there with Yas + the lil' fella (aka Nathan) might be on the cards this year, to catch up with both people and places over there ?? Fellllla I can understand why you get those Morocco blues when its freezing cold and pouring down with rain here in northern Europe. Perhaps a long holiday back there with Yas + the lil’ fella (aka Nathan) might be on the cards this year, to catch up with both people and places over there ??
Fellllla

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Simon Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:21:48 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-300 Hi Carrster, It is indeed a fascinating place. I spent most of my days in Morocco working at a desk, but it was handy being able to get out and around for long weekends. I regret not having made it to the desert though. The US is a fascinating place too, but the cost of getting to other countries from the US is high. In Europe and North Africa you can get to a lot of different places for much less money. I've been to France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, England, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia... and I'm far from being independently wealthy :-D. -Fruey Hi Carrster,

It is indeed a fascinating place. I spent most of my days in Morocco working at a desk, but it was handy being able to get out and around for long weekends. I regret not having made it to the desert though.

The US is a fascinating place too, but the cost of getting to other countries from the US is high. In Europe and North Africa you can get to a lot of different places for much less money. I’ve been to France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, England, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia… and I’m far from being independently wealthy :-D .

-Fruey

]]> By: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2006/01/roman-ruins-in-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-299 carrster Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=104#comment-299 Sounds like a fascinating place. I enjoy things like that so much. Oh if only I were independently wealthy and could spend my days traveling and learning instead of working at a desk. *sigh* Lovely picture too. :-) Sounds like a fascinating place. I enjoy things like that so much. Oh if only I were independently wealthy and could spend my days traveling and learning instead of working at a desk. *sigh*

Lovely picture too. :-)

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