Guest Post: by Dr. Maria Hobl in Munich Today we have a guest post by my friend and walking partner in Sidi Ifni, Dr. Maria Hobl. In the winter we enjoy long walks on our town beach, often followed by sitting at a beachfront cafe to watch the sun set over the Atlantic. Maria and…
Rebelote is a French word that means “once again.” It is used as an exclamation as in: Jean Marie is having cardiac and respiratory problems so we have returned to the Clinique Internationale in Marrakech. REBELOTE! I have always liked the sound of this word. It is totally appropriate for our situation. Jean Marie had…
Guest Post by Carol Swenson in Capitola, California Perfectly distance benches for viewing the Pacific Ocean I’m taking on Joyce’s request to describe life here in California with the coronavirus. First, it’s important to remember that there IS no unified response in the US, and that the president is ignorant, power-grabbing, and devoid of either…
Ramadan is more than half over. This year, with confinement and a curfew from 7 p.m. until morning, it has been an unusually quiet time. Ramadan is celebrated during the month when Allah handed down the Quran to Mohammed. For devout Muslims the fasting sets aside the concerns of the body and is accompanied by…
The Covid 19 triage tent, so far unused in Sidi Ifni Today is a good day to congratulate Morocco on its successful effort to contain the coronavirus despite having poor health care infrastructure. As of yesterday, the Covid 19 transmission rate fell below 1 for the first time, according to analysts at the Media 24…
Government food distribution in our neighborhood. Under Morocco’s coronavirus containment plan, the government is giving food packages to needy families. Last week a three men distributed them to most of the houses on our street. They were escorted by a police car. The bags contained tea, sugar, flour, lentils, chick peas and cooking oil. A…
We are settling back into lockdown life in Sidi Ifni after our medical adventures. Every other day someone from the town’s Covid 19 medical committee telephones me to ask if we have any fever, cough or other signs of the virus. Friends tell me the police are patrolling the beach more often now so walking…
Aziza and Joyce in masks and scarves with our ambulance Our return to Sidi Ifni was not as much of an adventure as our outward journey, but it was still quite a trip. On Thursday, the pulmonologist gave Jean Marie the green light to go home as the liquid in his lungs was mostly gone,…
Covid 19 fashion on our balcony We have now been at the Clinique Internationale in Marrakech for nearly a week. Jean Marie is improving but still has a pulmonary issue. We have told the clinic director we prefer to stay here until we are sure he is totally out of the woods. Confinement makes follow-up…
The sun had set long ago when we arrived by ambulance at the Clinique Internationale. We had a two and a half hour drive over the eerily deserted highway and streets of Marrakech. The welcome committee of three gowned and masked medical staff set the tone for the high-end medical care we were about to…
Reluctant Traveler 