We haven't been travelling on our own for almost 7 weeks. In the time we've chilling around with family and friends in India and Egypt, the following has occurred:
- It went from 16 to 32 degrees c in Melbourne
- Back to school season hasn't just come, but it's also gone and given my Notre Dame a 4-1 record
- It's practically Halloween
We were sad to say goodbye to Heba after her power shop in the morning. We spent our time in Essouira shopping and exploring in and outside the Medina.
It is incredibly enchanting. We watched men with different sorts of Ali Babba meets Aladdin turbans walk past. We climbed the ramparts of the more ancient parts of the medina and discovered artsy shops hidden in the historic walls. We bought Berber watches from a Saharan turbaned man who, after trying to teasingly ask how many camels Pallavi was worth, ended up getting away with overcharging us! Now every time we try to tell time using the sun, we'll think of the dark man who misled us. I shall call him, Jafar. Next stop: the hidden caves which hold Aladdin's lamps. Oh wait, I can at least use my new watch to see how long it takes to get there!
We tried our first tagine. Note to self: local tagine is made for more than one person. Second note to self: learn how to make traditional tagine. Third note to self: Don't eat the entire tagine even if it is mostly vegetables and deliciousness.
We also have started experimenting with Harissa soup. I enjoyed my soup so much that I completely didn't see the dates on the plate on which my bowl sat. It was only when the waiter, upon taking away my plate, asked me if I didn't like my dates, that I gasped in shock and immediately reached out to grab them before I lost them forever to the circling cats. You have to understand. I LOVE dried dates. I could just live on dates while in the region. How could I have almost missed out on them!
This town is a perfect gateway into Morocco. Can't wait to get to Marrekesh.
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