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A Day 2 Introduction - to the
annual summer migration from the desert to the sea:"Ladies and Gentlemen...look straight way
here...to the right side here and the left side here...we see
large and beautiful houses... some people, they come here from
Marrakech, here...June July August here...because all factories
close...temperatures sometimes of 45..."
The Unfinished Mosque -
As described by our own color comentator Hajjii, it
was to rival in size the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the mosque
of Samarra in Iraq...Oh well, el-Mansour died too soon and then
the earthquake came...beautiful in its own way, none-the-less.
Color-Coordinated Communities
- the first in a long line of color coordinated
towns (why is still a bit of a mystery). This one, however, is
the only red one as we discover later.
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2nd Lunch - same
as the first, only better (at least the
fish, only Erika knows about the chicken). Fish soon to
disappear from the diet for awhile.
All The King’s Things - On day 1 we saw some of the
king’s horses and one of his houses. Today it was some of the
King’s guards and another of his walls (houses...err...palaces
are not seen so we are now clear on). But none-the-less an
impressively long wall (stopping for pictures not advised, see
the note on guards). |
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First Kasbah -
A beautiful blue and white
introduction to the Kasbah, and the explanation of the
otherwise hard to distinguish differences from a Medina.
(note how nicely Meli’s color choices fit in today).
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The Well-Finished Mausoleum
of Mohammed V - beautiful Moroccan details and
informal guards
More and even
better detail and decoration - even at a rest
stop/coffee house. |
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Dallas Texas (area), circa 2025 - Notice
the resemblence of the mature cork tree "orchards"
of the now successful company - Pat & Julia’s Texas
Cork Company to those we saw on leaving Rabat
(including wildlife). |
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Dinner in Meknes - in a beautifully
restored house with excellent lamb tagine, but the
only restaurant in Marocco without wine - still an
excellent evening. |
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