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Misadventures in Spain - Part Two

I had been in Spain for almost a week.   At the end of the first week, my two friends joined me at the beautiful resort.   Tired of talking to myself and wandering around alone, I was looking forward to their visit. During that 2 nd week we visited Mijas, a quaint, picturesque village; Seville, historic, cultural, and financial capital of Southern Spain; Gibraltar where we visited St. Michael’s Cave and the monkeys that roam freely about the area; and the Casbah, a walled city in Tangier, Morocco.     I’d seen Casablanca , the 1940’s movie staring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, and couldn’t wait to see that area of Tangier where such intrigue took place.   Before entering the Casbah, our guide warned us all to keep up with the group as the Casbah is made up a maze of streets and alleys where one could easily get lost.   We were also warned to watch out for pickpockets who preyed on unsuspecting tourists. He added that we would encounter many vendor