Visit to Marrakech

[Ron Resnick]

We saw a woodworker who uses a very old style wood turning machine to craft honey stirrers and chess pieces and wood rods of various varieties. He holds the razor between his toes and uses his arm to saw back-and-forth something that looks like a violin bow and string to propel the wood turning lathe.

He made Tinka a wood carving she can wear around her neck as a pendant.

 

[Ron Resnick]

We explored today, and had dinner last night, in the "old world" part of the city. Tonight we had dinner in the "new world" part of the city -- the nightlife area.

We went to a trendy, lively restaurant with fantastic food. We could have been in Miami or Las Vegas or Ibiza, but none of those places would have been as nice as this.

We talked to a couple of Moroccan locals who were out on a date. They were just as nice as everybody else we met during the day.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Tinka does not mind the heat nearly as much as I do. After five hours of walking around outside my thermistor was in the low end of the red zone.

It is difficult to imagine soldiers in World War II marching in this heat through the desert wearing battle gear and equipment.

 

[Chop]

Love this thread, thanks for sharing Ron.

 

[Ron Resnick]

The olives market and the lighting market . . .

 

[PeterA]

Lots of stuff to choose from. I remember comparing different backgammon boards. Our driver saved me from wasting some money.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Tinka found a high-end store selling Chanel handbags!

 

[spiritofmusic]

There are some absolutely genuine gold plated cables out there, Ron. Let's hope Tinka doesn't buy a loom for you.

 

[Addicted to hifi]

The olives market and the lighting market . . .

Nice I love olives.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Looks like a great trip ron .
Nice to see some different streets / shops / design.

The concrete malls of the western world are almost interchangeable .
Every where you go in the world concrete and more concrete and the same brands / shops with the same stuff.

 

[Addicted to hifi]

marrakesh is certainly a very beautiful place to holiday in.I don’t go on holidays as I cart be a day without music.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Today we visited with a guide a remote Berber village in the Atlas Mountains.

The Berbers learn Berber first, and then Arabic, and then maybe a little bit of French.

Even far up the mountains and deep into remote areas the government has provided electrical power and water. Even in a remote Berber village chiseled into the side of a mountain the cell service is better than it is in Beverly Hills.

 

[Ron Resnick]

We had lunch at the family property of a Millennial who grew up in the Berber mountains and who built on his family's property a nascent restaurant, Dar Adali.

The family's house -- in which three generations live together -- overlooks the entire valley consisting of many villages below. Each family in the village has a small plot of land on which to plant vegetables or to use in some other way.

 

[PeterA]

Ron, what do you think of the mint tea? And why do they pour it from such a high distance? Thank you for the travel log.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Ron, what do you think of the mint tea? And why do they pour it from such a high distance? Thank you for the travel log.

The mint tea is nice for a change, but it is not my cup of tea. I really like my Chateau Rouge English Breakfast Blend No. 27, which I discovered in London.

We learned that traditionally sugar was very expensive here. So in the old days when you were given sweet tea it was a sign that the host liked you.

The tea is poured from a high height 1) to oxygenate the tea with bubbles, and 2) to cool the tea for drinking.

 

[AudioLibertarian]

I hope we are not staying near an Al-Qaeda training base!

Its Morocco, not Lybia, its very tightly controlled, if you are able take a tour of their desert, its something otherworldly!

 

[AudioLibertarian]

Also, try to visit a synagogue there, one of the oldest in the world....