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Where your allegiances lie

Written here on Friday, February 26th, 2010 by

Hotel Barcelona, one would assume, in a football-mad town like Chefchaouen, might have some football connection. It does.

Mohammed at the Hotel Barcelona

Mohammed, the hotel manager loves his football. His eyes lit up when he saw The Ball.
“You must be a Barcelona fan,” I suggested, looking at the poster of FC Barcelona on the wall.
“No. No. No,” came the reply. And promptly off came his djelleba to reveal a Real Madrid sweater. “I am Real Madrid.”
“How can you work at Hotel Barcelona?”
“My dream is to work at Hotel Madrid,” he smiled.

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