Platz Jeema el fna bauen unzählige Köche bei Sonnenuntergang ihre Stände auf und wir essen an einem kleinen Stand (#14) mit Fisch und Beilagen zu Abend. Nachdem wir noch eine Weile den Strassenkünstlern zugeschaut haben lassen wir den Abend mit einem Glas frisch gepresstem Orangensaft ausklingen und gehen bald ins Bett. Den heutigen Tag haben wir dann weitestgehend beim Streifzug durch die Souks, den zentralen Märkten, verbracht. Neben Oliven, Gewürzen, Süßwaren, Lederwaren und Kleidung gibt es auch unzählige Läden mit Schuhen, Holzarbeiten und vielen anderen Dingen. In manchen der winzigen Läden wird auch direkt gearbeitet und Ledertaschen u.ä. hergestellt. Hier könnte ich mich verlieren.
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We have finally arrived. After around 3,5 h of flight, we landed at Marrakech Menara airport yesterday in the afternoon. Searching for accommodation, we were heading towards the lively and crowded medina, the old city. It's terribly hot (around 36 deg C) and our luggage is heavy. The medina is literally a maze and we could not find the riad we were looking for, so we finally asked one of the man youths offering help (of course they want money...) to guide us. A riad is a typical type of house in this region with a light yard in the middle. Many of them are guesthouses. The one we wanted to stay wad unfortunately occupied and the young man - Karim - offered us to bring us to a similar one nearby. Eventhough skeptic, we agreed a we didn't really know what to do. The other riad turned out to be a really small but clean an nice one, run by an german girl and her morrocan partner. Our host Katharina has plenty of good advices and so we head towards Jeema el fna, the central square, for dinner. Here, every evening around sunset, cooks set up their stands and you can choose between tenths of them for having dinner. We chose the one recommended by our host (#14), which offers fresh fried fish coming from the Atlantic sea and other stuff like eggplant and tomato sauces. After having watched the street performers for me time, we closed the evening with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
The day today we strolled around the famous souks (markets) looking at and shopping olives, spices, fresh vegetables and fruits, sweets, leather, wood and fabric crafts and many more of these shops. In some of these tiny shops, people are working, mostly sewing leather bags etc. I could stay here for hours...
Best wishes from Morocco
Sybille, Michael and the sheep :-)
na dann weiterhin viel Glück - mapa
AntwortenLöschenHallo Bille und Michi! Ich freue mich mit Euch und verfolge hier Euren weiteren Reiseweg.Viel Glück und Alles Gute. Ich habe Euer Schaf auch gefunden. LG :)vom alten Frauenberg.
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