{"id":4316,"date":"2010-04-20T19:05:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T17:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2010-05-18T19:08:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:08:33","slug":"in-morocco-paradise-for-us-hell-for-the-british","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4316","title":{"rendered":"In Morocco, Paradise for us, Hell for the British"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are at Bab Ourika, Google it, arguably one of the most beautiful hotels in the world.  For us it&#8217;s paradise.<\/p>\n<p>We flew in from Madrid yesterday.  There is no ash cloud in Spain.  But as we sat down for lunch we found that the 20 or so guests who are in this hotel speak as if they were in prison.  They shout from table to table, coming up with alternative plans to escape paradise.  A train to Tangier, a boat from Bilbao.  They frequently curse the British government for leaving them stranded.<\/p>\n<p>Nina and I intervene, offering a return flight in our plane that is coming to bring our children for my birthday celebration this weekend.  They kiss our hands.  We feel sorry.  Paradise turned on them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/e9bebb8b-f959-4c4b-97f5-cdcd93b18310\/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=e9bebb8b-f959-4c4b-97f5-cdcd93b18310\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"\/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4316\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are at Bab Ourika, Google it, arguably one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. 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