Oct 1 Marrakech

We are at a Sofitel hotel. Beautiful and fancy. Tonight's dinner was OK. We sat down at 8:00 and ate European style. Or were not served for over an hour. We finished dinner at 10:30. A beautiful salad that we were all nervous to eat. We figured, if we were served it, it must have been approved and fine to eat. Tough lamb as last night the lamb was wonderful. There are photos all over the place of movie stars that have stayed here and they are many. They would be here making movies.






There were two pools. This is 1/2 of the one pool.


Fattah's wife and eight year old son. Also a ten year girl, Selma and one year girl Reda. I was pleased to see his wife was modern. Not religious and all covered up.


Breakfast buffet








This is the man you would buy water from years ago. He had bells on him.


This palm tree is a cellular tower.


Palace El Badii. He was the wife of ?. She was the favorite and he had many others. Plus concubines.














Olive tree


Then we toured the Souks or tiny stores in the medina. There is the metal area, leather, fabric, Jewerly, spices, etc.














Spices











If you look or touch something, the store owners hound and never stop trying to get you to buy. And everything must be bargained. I am NO good with this kind of shopping.
Berber shoe have rounded front and the heels are turned down to slip into. Or you can put them up to wear as a shoe not a slipper.


Moroccan sandals. Have pointed fronts.




Everyone is in shoes like this. Dirty feet. I never went anywhere in anything but tennis shoes except at night.



Stork in nest






Some of the women keep,the chin covered. Many have their chins tattooed.


All with their heads covered in shapeless gowns. So as not to excite any man except the husband. The hair was long and in pony tail under the scarfs.


The face covered.



Lunch at the hotel








We visited a caftan store that was VERY expensive and only one woman bought a scarf. These were the beauties, not the things sold elsewhere.















All types of olives


Djemma El Ena, the center of the medina and circus, party area. . Monkeys


Snake charmers


The area at night would be jammed with locals, foods sold, dancing and fun. It was so loud when we were there at 5:00.








Standing on a roof top of a restaurant. It is early and the fun has not really started.


Our traveling group.


Marilyn and Steven Kaplan


Fred and Terri Wlodarski


Candy and Walt Jester


Charlotte Stetson and Pete Colhoun


Ann and Russ Roccaro


Art and Ann Wichman


Pat and Suzanne McGarity



Chava and Martin Moses
I need a photo.

The men is uniform.


Frank frattolillio


Marilyn, Joan frattolillio , Ann Terri