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.
Boy, you had to be on the watch out there. I would imagine the reason the dinner plaza was full is because of Ramadan (sp?) They can eat only when the sun is down and then they fast while the sun shines. This could explain some of the grumpiness of the folks around there. Hunger makes a man a bit punchy!
ReplyDeletePretty things. Was that a rug all rolled out for you to see in the one shop?
Your henna tattoo looks so pretty in the pictures. How did you know the food in the restaurant was safe to eat?
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Yeah I think so! That is what Rocio told me! I believe it's only in the month of July too.
ReplyDeleteIt was a blanket
Thank you! The resort recommended restaurants for us to eat at. We only went to the one's where a lot of white people were.