Monthly Archives: October 2022
OCTOBER 17, MONDAY
SERENDIPITY—ENTERING AN OPEN DOOR Yesterday we explored the Fez Medina market. We didn’t have a plan except for places to eat because the Khmiss Restaurant, right in the center of the chaotic tourist area, owned by the man who rented
OCTOBER 17, MONDAY
SERENDIPITY—ENTERING AN OPEN DOOR Yesterday we explored the Fez Medina market. We didn’t have a plan except for places to eat because the Khmiss Restaurant, right in the center of the chaotic tourist area, owned by the man who rented
OCTOBER 16, SUNDAY
MOROCCAN ALPS We left Marrakesh at 7:30 a.m., had a good breakfast at a great cafe we lucked on after a couple of hours, didn’t find a place for lunch and ate goat cheese on baguette and got to Fez
OCTOBER 16, SUNDAY
MOROCCAN ALPS We left Marrakesh at 7:30 a.m., had a good breakfast at a great cafe we lucked on after a couple of hours, didn’t find a place for lunch and ate goat cheese on baguette and got to Fez
OCTOBER 15, SATURDAY
LAST DAY IN MARRAKECH Today was one of those days on a trip when things go unexpectedly wrong and the day turns out to seem like a wasted day. I processed photographs in the morning with the Wifi at Riad
OCTOBER 15, SATURDAY
LAST DAY IN MARRAKECH Today was one of those days on a trip when things go unexpectedly wrong and the day turns out to seem like a wasted day. I processed photographs in the morning with the Wifi at Riad
OCTOBER 13, THURSDAY
HIGHER AND HIGHER We thought the ride on Wednesday was spectacular, but the ride for Air Benhaddou to Marrakech was just as amazing. We began the morning by looking at the 17th century camel caravan center of Ait Benhaddou. From
OCTOBER 13, THURSDAY
HIGHER AND HIGHER We thought the ride on Wednesday was spectacular, but the ride for Air Benhaddou to Marrakech was just as amazing. We began the morning by looking at the 17th century camel caravan center of Ait Benhaddou. From
OCTOBER 14, FRIDAY
FIRST DAY IN MARRAKECH The first day in Marrakech I finally had Wifi fast enough to download and process the 48 MP photographs that my new iPhone 14 plus allows. This allows radical cropping without photographs turning fuzzy while Susie
OCTOBER 14, FRIDAY
FIRST DAY IN MARRAKECH The first day in Marrakech I finally had Wifi fast enough to download and process the 48 MP photographs that my new iPhone 14 plus allows. This allows radical cropping without photographs turning fuzzy while Susie
OCTOBER 12, WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THE HIGH DESERT We thought that the ride from Taroudant to the old caravan site at Ait Ben Haddo would be bleak with scrub brush and trash along the highway. But almost immediately we were in low barren hills
OCTOBER 12, WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THE HIGH DESERT We thought that the ride from Taroudant to the old caravan site at Ait Ben Haddo would be bleak with scrub brush and trash along the highway. But almost immediately we were in low barren hills
OCTOBER 11, TUESDAY
PRIVACY AND SHARING In Taroudant. The ride down from Essaouira was bleak with rocky sand broken up with olive trees. We stopped once to look down on surfers gathered at a cove and then again to eat at a seaside
OCTOBER 11, TUESDAY
PRIVACY AND SHARING In Taroudant. The ride down from Essaouira was bleak with rocky sand broken up with olive trees. We stopped once to look down on surfers gathered at a cove and then again to eat at a seaside
OCTOBER 10, MONDAY
IN LOVE IN ESSOUIRA I came to Morocco wanting to buy a small carpet but with no idea how to. The streets are lined here with carpet shops, all of the carpets being brand new, all of them being made
OCTOBER 10, MONDAY
IN LOVE IN ESSOUIRA I came to Morocco wanting to buy a small carpet but with no idea how to. The streets are lined here with carpet shops, all of the carpets being brand new, all of them being made
OCTOBER 9, SUNDAY
ESSAOUIRA FLEA MARKET It was the feast day of Mohammed’s birthday today and we were told that the weekly Sunday Flea Market might not happen this week. We walked through the Medina gate to where we expected to see the
OCTOBER 9, SUNDAY
ESSAOUIRA FLEA MARKET It was the feast day of Mohammed’s birthday today and we were told that the weekly Sunday Flea Market might not happen this week. We walked through the Medina gate to where we expected to see the
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 