Day of Arrival: Tangier, Morocco
Catching a flight at 7AM from Charleroi South is always a disaster. That meant getting up at 3:30 AM for me which equals not sleeping for me. Anyhow everything went smooth and I arrived safely in Tangier. As of a matter of fact when you land in Tangier, you immediately get that Welcoming feeling of landing in Africa.
Tangier is the most northern point of Africa and closes to Europe. It’s one hour away by glider from Spain. Tangier was always colonized by the Spanish and the majority of the population speaks Spanish. The South of Morocco was also colonized by the Spanish and the the middle by the French. That makes that Moroccans are quite fluent in French, Spanish and Arabic. Here in Tangier that makes chit chatting very easy. In Antwerp, I often hear Arabic so when mixed with French and Spanish; there is no issue not understanding.
Chahine from APEFE immediately recognized me at the airport. He is such a warm and welcoming person. We drove through Tangier, I immediately took some snaps of the city and went to the hotel. The hotel is fantastic. I mean how many people can say there mission organized a full pension - 4/5 star hotel for them. The hotel has 6 restaurants and my room is huge. Tangier wants to become a well developed holiday resort and they are well on their way. I quickly went to look at the conference room where I will be hosting sessions on entrepreneurship for females only and everything is state of the art / well prepared.
The only thing so far that’s a pity is the cold weather that I brought from Belgium!
