Sunday 18 April 2010

Seuta/Sebta: A piece of Europe in Africa

A few weeks ago, we went to Sebta - in Moroccan Arabic, or Ceuta in Spanish.



As you can see on the map, Sebta is in Spain - but also in Africa. Going there, coming from Morocco, is really a weird experience.
We tried to cross the border with our car, before we realized we hadn't got the international insurance. We had to go back to Fnideq - where we saw the goat - to park the car in a parking garage, and then to take a taxi to the border. This time, we walked through the borders.
In Spain, taxi again, and we finally arrived in Ceuta, wonderful little city - with great tapas bars.

A few pictures to show you the cultural shock (none of the tapas bars, unfortunately).


Ceuta

Ceuta

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Ceuta

Ceuta


And there, not so far away (just behind the hill), Morocco.

Ceuta, et le Maroc

4 comments:

Kacem El Ghazzali said...

Thank you for the pics!
I really enjoyed them...
However Sebta is so close to Morocco but we aren't allowed to visit it :D
And there are some Moroccans who consider it as a part of Morocco LOL
Best Regards;
Kacem
http://bahmut.blogspot.com/

Marie said...

Yes, the situation is deeply unfair for Moroccans. (and in the case of Sebat, it's almost absurd, because it's in Africa, so close)

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AUGUSTINE said...

HOW WILL YOU GUYZ TELL ME SEBTA IS EUPRO IN AFRICAN WHEN ITS NOT ON EUPRO MAP,OR HAVING THE SAME TIME?SOME SAYIG CLOSE TO AFRICA HAHAHAH FUNNY TO HEAR THAT.SEBTA IS AFRICA CLOSE TO EUPRO THE SPANISH CAME SETTLE THERE THAT THE IT THANKS!