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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
