Travel companies consider that the first day of a trip is the day you leave your home. Our flight was not until 8:45 PM, so we had plenty of time  before leaving home for JFK Airport. We were both excited, thanks to our friend John’s brother David and sister-in-law Eileen, who had done the O.A.T. trip to Morocco a few months earlier and  had found it to be their favorite trip ever.

How many people are on one line or another at J.F.K airport  on any given day? I can’t begin to guess! We had exchanged messages with our Trip Experience Leader (guide). A WhatsApp app had been set up for the members of our group, so we knew that Jennifer and Andy,   from Saratoga Springs, were on our flight, and we were able to meet them when we were at our flight’s  gate.

O.A.T. made the flight arrangements. Our airline was Royal Air Maroc. Dinner on the plane was fish fillet, couscous and herb salad, and cheesecake, all surprisingly very tasty. The trip was off to a very good start!

I don’t enjoy shopping. I typically get earrings for Carla when Nick and I are on a trip, but it’s so hard to find a souvenir that Nicholas would like. I decided to ask him. He replied that he wanted a lamp. A lamp??? Well, not just any lamp. A lamp that had a genie inside that could make wishes come true.

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