Category Archives: trips

my moroccan rug

05 Thursday Mar 2009

Posted by in home, morocco, photos, retail therapy, travel, trips

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asilah-rug

This is the rug I bought in Asilah last month – isn’t it pretty?

In fact, you can actually see it in this pic, on the left hand side near the table. It’s taken me this long to figure out what to do with it. Well, first of all I had to drape it outside over the balcony railing for about a week to air it out (not sure about washing it as I’m worried the colours might run) and then I tried it out in a couple of rooms. But rugs and plants don’t seem to do very well within reach of “the boys”, so I finally decided to hang it on the wall in the hallway between the livingroom and bedroom…

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tangier & asilah

18 Wednesday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, holidays, language, morocco, restaurants, travel, trips

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tangerina-rooftop

It was the best trip of my life.

Susan and I left on Friday morning to drive down to Tarifa and catch the fast ferry (35 minutes) to Tangier. We got there in plenty of time to have coffee and toast at the aptly named Carpe Diem café, and then made our way to the port across the street.  Arriving at the port in Tangier was the beginning of a four-day adventure that was nothing I could have imagined …

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hamadi orchestra

17 Tuesday Feb 2009

Posted by in morocco, music, travel, trips, video

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When Pip and I were in Tangier this past (long) weekend we ate at the Hamadi Restaurant twice. They have a wonderful group of musicians there who play delightful music while you dine. This was taken on our second visit – the guys already “knew” us by then and were happy to appear in a video. I told them I was going to make them famous.  🙂

Here’s something to listen to while you patiently wait for me to organise my photos.

stranded

16 Monday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, holidays, morocco, travel, trips

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tangier-stranded

Pip and I are stranded in Tangier!

The ferries were cancelled due to high winds yesterday and so we came back into town to try and get a room at our hotel – but they were fully booked! After looking around a bit we ended up at a rather scary place down by the port (more on that later). It’s still VERY windy out there this morning, but we are off to the ferry station again to see if we can get home today.

Wish us luck!