Category: Essaouira

  • Essaouira Observations

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  • Our Last Weekend in Essaouira

    Reading Time: 4 minutesOur time in Essaouira is winding down – we need to get on up the road and see some more of what looks to be a terribly interesting country.  We had a nice sunset dinner at Ocean Vagabond on Friday night – not much else to report from Friday.  Dinner was pasta… Read more

  • When in Morocco…

    Reading Time: 7 minutesOur morning started with the discovery of a large seagull trapped in the interior of the tiny courtyard of our apartment building.  We aren’t sure how it managed to get there as there isn’t enough room for a bird that size to fly down into the courtyard.  The only thing we can… Read more

  • Unhurried Life in Essaouira

    Reading Time: 5 minutesThe last few days have been a fantastically unhurried pace of just living life.  Not a lot of sightseeing, just enjoying our little hometown.  Monday afternoon, I found a small café called Mogador Nights on the main road inside the Medina to enjoy mint tea, read the book I am currently reading,… Read more

  • Market Day in Had Draa

    Reading Time: 6 minutesWe spent the morning immersed in local Moroccan culture.  We set the alarm for 6:30 as we wanted to eat breakfast and be ready to leave our apartment around 8:00.  We lost one-hour of sleep last night as the clocks moved forward to normal time after Ramadan.  The clocks are moved backwards… Read more

  • Essaouira exploration

    Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen the travel bug bites at a young age, it is days like yesterday that you are after.  It was our first full day in Morocco and it was such an interesting day for both of us.  I think part of it is that it’s also the first day of a journey… Read more

  • Tschüss, Cologne and Bonjour, Essaouira

    Reading Time: 5 minutesWith the Depeche tour over, our full attention now turns to our new life as global nomads.  Our first destination is Morocco and we had a couple of days to get logistical things done.  A question we were asked a few times before we left had to do with our plan for… Read more