{"id":384,"date":"2020-05-24T18:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcguiness.co.uk\/?p=384"},"modified":"2020-05-24T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T17:10:16","slug":"lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcguiness.co.uk\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"A lazy day and a close shave."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marrakech, Morocco<\/strong>
Tuesday, April 14, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toes and a chisel in close proximity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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 !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch in the bourganville caf\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Moroccan Sweeney Todd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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