It has been a dream of mine for quite some time...and it finally came true...after Barcelona, a last ditch effort and I FINALLY made my way to Morocco...not an entry I would have imagined...may I suggest not getting to Morocco in the cover of night...I felt like I was quite possibly on the verge of being hijaked...not so much because of my lack of Arabic or being only one of 2 women at the airport at 1am...but rather the way my "transfer" from the airport stopped in the middle of the Medina...empty, cobble stoned streets littered with kittens and the days garbage...the boot suddenly popping open and being told to follow the driver down several dark empty alley ways...
after a hectic arrival...several interrupted hours of sleep later...this was my first meal...one of many Tagines (lamb of course!) that I would devour...I mean enjoy during my week in Marrakesh
since I was held hostage in a hostel for 2 days...well not really but that's how I see it, when I got to my Riad I could have literally hugged the bed all day...
needless to say I loved every cavern of the room...the bathroom was a design delight...
courtyard in the Riad and an absolutely lovely breakfast and long cups of mint tea
Honestly I did more seeing than picture taking...I had much more trepidation that the Nikon necked tourist sauntering through the chaotic streets...what follows is not nearly what was seen but I got some decent shots in...
this place illuminates at night with smoke, snake charmers, bedouin storytellers, motor bikes, lovers strolling
it is a place of unwavering magic that I hope to come back to again and again...
remembering it will be easy....
it was terribly hard to let go...
the way through the Ourika Valley was calming
and quite picturesque
Apparently there were 7 waterfalls...I was not prepared for the trek...we stopped at #1
met some British friends along the way
lets be honest you can't smoke Hookah if you climbed a mountain in search of 7 waterfalls and your out of breath...priorities
an odd choice the El Bahia Palace was showing a group of contemporary artists works...
curiosier
and curiosier
