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Currently, every time I try to upload a picture, it kicks me off of my blog, and the internet. Sooo....no posts for a little bit. Coming up though,

1) Bull Fight
2) Alhambra in Granada, Spain
3) El Campo of Angela (hacienda, 100's of years old)

Around the City of Marrakech, Shopping and Food. (;

 

 

Our first time shopping in Marrakech, while we were waiting to go into our resort room. A nice man took us to this shop after his friend showed us how to get here, then he took us to a different friend who took us through the outside cow poop factory WHICH SMELLED terrible. Then... we ended up here. After all that, he charged us 10 euros each. (about $12 US dollars) without saying ANYTHING in advance. He got about 3 euros in total.

 

Our first breakfast in Morocco was very good. A homemade crepe with butter and jelly, a chocolate croissant, FRESH orange juice, and mint tea.

 

This was the first shop we went into, right before the man charged us 30 euros for our "tour"

 

Here is a dessert shop. Most of them weren't very sanitary, or covered, so the flies were attacking the food. We only bought from one who had plastic on each little tray. It was pretty good. Almost everything contained nuts though.

 

Here is one of MANY spice shops. You could smell them everywhere. (not over the garbage on the streets, or the horse poop on the corner though, unfortunately...)

 

These were some of my favorite shops. Metal, handcrafted, colorful lamps and chandeliers. I wish they would of fit in my suitcase... /:

 

Here is the main shopping and eating plaza at night. At about 11, it was so crowded, you were bumping elbows. Everyone is desperate for your business here. We saw the classic snake when the guy would play his flute thingy, and lots of monkey's who needed someone to take a picture with. There were fresh orange juice and water stands everywhere, as well as about 30 different women doing henna.

 

Berta and Rocio posing for the camera.

 

My last dinner in Morocco was in this very fancy restaurant. It was hidden in between very old buildings, but inside it's beautiful. I had chicken and couscous? if that's how you spell it. Delicious!

 

My henna I got the last night of our stay in Morocco! It cost like $6, took about 5 minutes, and doesn't come off for a month. Berta got it all over her foot.

She was a very nice girl. She told us the reasons behind them wearing their certain clothes, and other interesting stuff.

 



The Cactus Corral (Majorelle Garden)

In Morocco we visited the Majorelle Garden. It was owned by Jaques Majorelle, the son of a famous furniture maker. After Jaques passed away, the gardens were given to the public. The garden reflects one of the most wide varieties of plants in history.

Here are the CRAZY cacti.?

 

They were all the way from California, Argentina, and even Mexico.

Here are some other memorable pictures from that day(;

 

 

 



Obsesión con las Puertas y la Arquitectura (obsession with doors and architecture)

Just like in Spain, the architecture we saw in Marrakech was very detailed. I also loved all of the doors! haha. Some of these photos are from an old Islamic college that we toured.

 

Door 1

 

Door 2

 

Door 3

 

Door 4

 

Common arches in Spain and Morocco

 

Beautiful ceramic tiles.

 

Yes, that is a giant chandelier.

The old college.

 

 

Door 5

Nuestro viaje por Marrakech Morocco! (our trip through Marrakech, Morocco) "The resort tour edition"

We had a nice time staying in Morocco the past 4 days. It was nothing like I expected, so it was definitely an experience. Seeing so much poverty was hard, as well as the smell when walking through the streets. The temperature was blistering, but somehow I managed not to get burned. There were a few beautiful buildings we went to go see, and we had very good food. (including pizza, mcdonalds, and kfc) haha. To start, here are some pictures of where we stayed. It was basically at the heart of several homes.

 

 

 

Where we ate breakfast, which consisted of fruit, yogurt, crepes, bread, fresh orange juice, jellies, and lemony bread.

 

Our room, complete with AC. I slept VERY well.

Hoy en la masiva Alcazar con berta, fernando, un amigo de la familia, y yo. (today in the massive Alcazar with berta, fernando, a friend of the family, and I)

We started off our day by going to eat real Spanish churros!!! mmmmm.

 

Gone pretty quickly... heh heh

 

This place has so much history, that I had to look it up in order to explain all of it in my post. The Alcázar of Seville is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, originally a Moorish fort. It is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe, and it was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the Seville Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The palace was the birthplace of Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain (1729-1785), daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese. The king was in the city to oversee the signing of the Treaty of Seville (1729) which ended the Anglo-Spanish War (1727). The palace is one of the best remaining examples of mudéjar architecture. Subsequent monarchs have added their own additions to the Alcázar. The upper levels of the Alcázar are still used by the royal family as the official Seville residence and are administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.

 

Fans are a huge thing for Spanish people, they use them a lot. They also tell a lot of history with the way they are decorated or painted.

 

The architecture and mere size of the place was amazing.

 

The arches are mainly an Arabic design, but with a "Christian designers input" is what the guide said. haha

 

The ceilings are AMAZING.

 

SO MUCH DETAIL!

 

One of the middle courtyards, currently in repair.

 

Outside in the garden! Their were fountains everywhere... even inside!

 

The famous baths of Dona Maria. Soooo cool (temperature wise). Very pretty.

 

A crazy looking fountain that was once decorated with lots of rock figures, but they have eroded severely over time, and the moss has taken over. The real preserved fountain is inside if you can see the white.

 

The gardens from a window. There is a platform here where there are classical concerts for the public to go and listen to.

 

My next post will be of Morocco!!! leaving tomorrow around 7 am, can't wait!