Marrakech, Morocco
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Today was lazy. It was planned and executed with a precision-like laziness that was brilliant to behold. It started with a late and elongated breakfast that had extra eggs and fruit along with the staples of cake, bread, yohurt etc. it then morphed, first of all into a “lying around the riad” before transforming itself into a “slow wander around the souks”. We spied a rather nice lamp which we manged to haggle down by about 70% which we thought was quite good – but since the shop man didn’t give the appearance that he had been robbed once he had the money in his hand I guess he was quite pleased with the result too!
We then returned to the riad to recover from our exertions and give serious thought as to how we were going to get all these things home again – I can see we might need to go shopping for a bigger case tomorrow. Anyway, filled with a fresh sense of exploration we wandered down some new streets, perused some new shops and bought a couple of bracelets and a “Hand of Fatima” – no, not a preserved relic but a decoration to ward off the evil spirits, well something like that, we are not entirely sure !
We have bought enough Moroccan souvenirs to open our own shop in the Medina – I would have to stay here and run it of course, while Belinda and Luce went back to work and school since women are completely absent from shopkeeping duties – so it would be long, hot, lazy days for me, sitting around, chatting with friends, drinking tea and poking vague fun at tourists – what a burden it would be !
Lunch was a relaxed affair, with only a small bite to eat, for tonight we are going to I Limoni from our final dinner. Hopefully it will be good. The afternoon was spent mostly reading in the shade, but I did find time to have a shave – a picture is worth a thousands words. The weather was a lot cooler today, it might even had showered lightly during the night.
As you can see we have taken it desperately easy this, our final full day in Morocco. Tomorrow we leave, the plane flying at about 8pm.