We woke up early & got ready quickly, packed up all our things in our suitcases, then brought them downstairs to the courtyard area. Every building in Morocco is the same. . . you go through a front door which leads to a courtyard (a square in the middle of the house/building with no roof. . . completely open air), then there are rooms all around that courtyard with doors & roofs. We ate breakfast in the courtyard & it was yummy. Fresh squeezed Moroccan orange juice, pound cake, flatbread, pancakes, fruit, YUMMY YOGURT, & more. We finished eating & left our luggage in the courtyard area while we did a walking tour of Marrakesh.
The tour was a little crazy. We didn’t have the best tour guide for this one. His name was Yoseph & he didn’t really know how to talk to kids. He was VERY knowledgeable about the history of the city which was great, but the kids were bored out of their minds. It was a 4 hour walking tour & we visited the main mosque, a pharmacy (where they tried to sell us argon oil for our face & hair, cactus oil for our eyes, & other soaps. . . I could tell that was a total tourist trap. Bladen wanted the orange soap & dad got a smelly thing for his car, but we spent maybe 10 dollars is all). We saw many street vendors selling jewelry, argon oil, makeup, perfume (very big in the cosmetic industry here), scarfs, clothing, spices, & knick knacks.
I loved the doors in Morocco. They were very large with a smaller door in the center. Each had 2 knockers as well. Women were required to use the smaller knocker at the center of the door & the men & guests used the higher one. From the inside of the house, the knocking sounds sound different. If the higher knocker is used, it alerts the women of the home to cover their heads/hair because guests or males were entering the home.
The mosque of Marrakech is beautiful.
I enjoyed the market area where food vendors were making & selling foods. Our tour guide told us not to eat anything because it would most likely make us sick. I wanted to try something anyway, but we had no time to stop unfortunately.
I enjoyed learning more about the history of the city. It's definitely different that Germany or the US. I love exploring & celebrating new cultures & their traditions. And I love giving my kids the opportunity to learn more about our world & the way many people live.
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