wandered around marrakech. went to the artisan “mall” to check out the wares. nice because it was fixed prices – no bargaining – a benchmark for what things should really cost. bought a beautiful purple leather overnight bag. p. understands my obsession for bags. i try to control it, but this one was such a bargain too! then we went to the “cyber” park across the street – so called because of the computers and internet available in the center. was beautiful and calm. palm trees. temperatures around 50.
we stopped back at the hotel to drop our purchases and then went for lunch overlooking the center square. then went into the souks, wandering, but heading towards museum cluster. tourists became sparse and we figured out we were off the beaten track. headed back to find the museum. there were 3 sites – the museum(an old mansion), the old school and the remains of a 12th century mosque. the old school and museum were restored by one man. they were elaborate and beautiful, with intricately carved wooden walls. saw a beautiful sunset from the souk (market streets). went back to the hotel and had mint tea on the roof terrace. then we decided to try the dinner offered here too. there were set tables in the covered courtyard next to the lobby. when we told the front desk we would like to eat in, they seemed almost surprised, and it took them a little bit of time to get someone to come wait on us. we ended up sitting in a sort of living room nook, a square room opening onto the courtyard, with the other 3 walls having 3 long couches along them – creating a “U” shape, with a low table inside. it was very decadent and luxurious. we want to make something like that in our dream house, someday... dinner was good, but by the time we were done, it was 10:30, so we decided to stay in.
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