And it was good!!

So as intimated below R after a certain amount of pressure succumbed to booking the birthday party of a lifetime for me. Happy camper, better than the last 2 years which have been respectively spent being violently ill (gift was R taking kids out for the day so I could be violently ill in peace) and at the School winter fete. Life doesnt get much more exciting than that!! So Marrakesh a great improvement. Sadly it was cold, but everything else was great. Kids had a fabulous time, we had a fabulous time, amazingly R bought not one but two carpets in a fit of something that I am still not sure I understand.


Spices were great, food was great, snake men were not great nor henna women (these are all serious hasslers in the market), little M drove the horse and cart, J swam in the unheated swimming pool (!!) the souks were amazing, a real labyrinth, not for the faint hearted and really only a bargain for those of us beleagured with pounds and english prices. But a great deal of good hearted fun. Bought some unbelievably beautiful pottery - photo soon. And scarves (of course) and spices, and some basic tunics and ..... it was FUN. So R has lots of credits for the next years (or to make up for the last 20 years on which he has forgotten). Highly recommended for a short break - we loved it.