Adventures with Julia

June 17, 2019

Yesterday morning, June 16, we found the garden tidied up and ready for breakfast.  It was a lovely day.  People straggled in looking as tired as I felt.

View of our room from breakfast. Another beautiful day.

I was very late in deciding to take photos of each person so I could remember them,  as several had already left, but I did manage a few.

Here is a lovely image of Gaby and Nezha beside the pool in their home, Janen Mayshad.

Gaby and Nazha relaxing by the pool.

Finally, we bid the remaining staff and Gaby and Nezha good bye at 11:30.  Their driver took us back to the Four Seasons in Casablanca, where we spent the rest of the day reading and blogging while enjoying the ocean view.  On the way out of Mayshad, I stopped the car to get a photo of how the walled estate looks from the outside and another of the land next to the estate house where Nezha plans to install a farm with many fruit trees.

About half way, we stopped at a very modern and spotless gas station and convenience store.

Once back at the Four Season, Mark spent the afternoon reading while I worked on the blog.  We had a slightly different view that our first room, but the ocean still sounded as good.

At 7pm we cleaned up and walked a mile to our reserved dinner at the Cagestan Restaurant.

The Restaurant Cabestan, where we had our last dinner in Morocco had a very special bathroom. Several people told us we must visit the facilities, so we did. This image says it all. The timing was perfect. Dinner was, well ….. less exciting.

View of our last morning in Morocco from our second room at the Four Seasons.

June 19, 2019

We are home and already back at work on our various projects.  For me the big push is to get the garden in order for the MIM Friend’s Party on the 28th. No time to recover from jet lag.  What jet lag?

My favorite experience was the current exhibit in the African Contemporary Art Museum.  I was very impressed by the quality of the work and the thoughtful comments presented by the artists about their work.  Then I was also taken by the Yves Saint Laurent Museum and the nearby gardens.  The clothing was interesting, but the presentation was most unusual and stimulating.  The walls behind the manequines were solid black with models moving around in many of the outfits on display.  Spoken words by Laurent and others were also projected on the wall.   Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos and there were guards everywhere.

Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed spending time at Nazha’s home and estate.  As tourists, we have always seen the outside of walled compounds, but rarely the inside and always in a hurry.  I was delighted to be able to relax and enjoy the inside of this compound as I pleased.

Now we are home for most of the summer.  We leave in late August for our long adventure of the year to China, Pakistan and India.

Happy Summer and Safe Travels,

Julia and Mark