Morocco Flag Count: Update!

The Morocco flag at the site of the Mohammed V Mausoleum

April 17—It's been nearly a week since I arrived in Morocco, and the Moroccan flag continues to make an appearance multiple times each day.   But the quantity of flags is nowhere near the number we saw between the airport and Rabat.   Several people posted a guess on my Instagram site regarding the number of flags spotted between the Casablanca Airport and Rabat last Sunday afternoon.   I'm pleased to announce that my good friend Petri was the closest, with a spot-on guess of 180.  I counted 178! No wonder Petri is a mathematician.  I did ask some of my Moroccan hosts why there were so many flags, and their response:  "The King is in town."  It sounds like when he is passing through, the flags go up.  And, as mentioned in an earlier post, my question led to yet another comment about how beloved King Mohammed VI is here in Morocco.  We also heard that he is sometimes spotted driving his car around alone.  We are keeping our eyes open...