"Thirty spokes converge at a wheel hub,
and that empty space which allows the carriage to fulfill its function "
(Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse, XI)
The center of Medina Tangier contained in his time the spirit of freedom.
With the perspective gained several waters lie between, and has seen over the centuries, people passing, policies and cultures.
Being one of the columns together (and sometimes separate) two continents, is silly not to give the deserved importance to this fascinating city.
Because they considered numerous fascinating personalities of the arts: painters (as Delacroix and Matisse), writers (as William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac) were seduced by it.
Something cosmopolitan air you breathe. But what is that I still hitting so close to the Peninsula, Europe, ways we live so far away.
What surprises, however, border effect is perceived in these cities. Border religion?? Can be. But, in any case, border
Yes it is true that efforts that were made in Spain, until not long ago, like having a regular oven all neighbors round, been kept here; at least within Medina and I imagine that in the most humble.
And it stands to reason that there are customs, like taking a bath in a hammam, or tea with mint, eg, which are specific to a culture and blatant for anyone.
That clash of "civilizations" has, in places like this, reflected in the form of surface tension palpable once the travelers
What surprises, however, border effect is perceived in these cities. Border religion?? Can be. But, in any case, border.
Artificial some, but the other very real. Undoubtedly unnatural, because it conflicts.
And the clash of "civilizations" has, in places like this, reflected in the form of surface tension palpable once the travelers.
Those few miles between both coasts! (…). Even in fine weather with binoculars, from Rate you can see the Medina. And at night, the lights of Tangier remind us how close we are.
