Tag: Morocco

Oulad Berhil

Today was a rest day.

Our room at Prestige du Souss

After breakfast we had tea and played cards in the garden.

Tea and cards

Next we went for a walk in the village.

Roger outside our Riad
Duke and Roger buying pastries.

Then Duke decided to get a haircut.

The barbershop
Getting his beard trimmed
All done

While Duke and Roger were in the barber shop Gayle and I sat under a tree in the square.

Gayle and I waiting outside the barber shop.

First a wonderful 16 year old student stopped to talk. Her English was perfect! She said she was waiting for the school bus to take her home Her name is Ibtissam.

Ibtissam and me

Lots of young kids were walking by us. There was lots of giggling and a few shy waves and bonjours. Then a group of boys came over to talk to us and suggested a picture.

We thought maybe they came over on a dare.

Duke’s haircut took a long time but finally he was done. It looks good although it’s the shortest I have ever seen his hair.

He got a beard and mustache trim too.

We had another great dinner.

Salad
Beef tagine with prunes

Copenhagen, Denmark to Marrakesh, Morocco

We set our alarms for 4:00 am this morning to catch our plane for Marrakesh. It was a good thing too. Because our safe with the passports wouldn’t open. We had to get some from the hotel up to fix it. And then the security and immigration lines at the airport were long too.

Deicing the plane

The trip was uneventful and we arrived in Marrakesh with no problem. The hotel was supposed to have some one meet us with a car. He wasn’t there but when we called he showed up quickly and drove us through the very narrow streets to our hotel in the middle of the town.

On our way to our hotel

We had tea and cookies as we checked in. After naps we went out exploring. Marrakesh is a feast for the eyes. There is so much to see.

Yea on arrival
In the main square. See the snake at bottom right.
Near our hotel

For dinner we went back to the main square and had tagine on a rooftop.

Dinner view
Chicken tagine with almonds and prunes.