2014 Morocco Marrakesh

We were looking around to meet the couchhost Mohammed. Then we had Mc Donald. When we finished, we met him by the road, he had very round eyes and looked funny.

We went to his apartment and stepped in.

What I saw surprised me! I saw a beautiful sofa. Then I went into their lounge and we got introduced.

We had tea and nuts.

Then they asked us what we wanted to watch. We watched i movie 'X-Men'. It was fun. The rest of the day, we mostly watched TV.

Today, we decided to go to the mountains. There, we saw a cool river where I climbed on the rocky bridge. It was very crumbly so I had to be cautious.

We ate some oranges and melons. We saw a woman and we offered her a whole orange. She was delighted. Two other women came and we gave the melons and oranges too. Mum went to them and chatted. While that was happening, I was playing on the rocks. The women were very smiley and we took pictures with each other.

Then we moved on back to our couchhost's house. There we played on the excercise thing and learnt making tea. Then we watched TV and talked.

Today, we found out that the twins we had met that I forgot to tell you about(Assia and Aya)). They wanted us to come with them to a national park. Mum didn't come but we did.

At the national park, we saw donkeys and gave the rosemary. Then we went to play in the playground. It was great fun.

We saw a high zip-wire and the twin's dad did it. It was fun watching. While he was getting ready, we fed the black horses with grass. We were going to do the aqua park but it was too late so we went to lunch.

Lunch was Tajine and it was delicious.

There was a playground where we played on the roundabout.

Then we went back to their hotel. We dressed in our swimsuit and went into the hotel's pool! It was fun, but we soon got out because it was very cold.

We got dressed back into our clothes and played on the ipad. Dad and Mum came and we had dinner there. Then we were allowed to have a sleepover.

We played on the ipad more but then played hide and seek. It was great fun. It was time to sleep, so we settled down on the sofa.

At first, we messed around a bit, but gradually drifted off.

Next morning, we got dressed in our swim suits again and played in the pool a lot, like doing races and chasing each other. But the time had come so we had to get changed. Mum and Dad had come and we said goodbye. Assia gave me a friendship bracelet and I was very happy. I saw Mohammed and he played lots of jokes. I laughed and I felt glamorous.

Today, we are going to a mountainous cave place where there's lots of birds. Mohammed was going to wait. Halfway down the stairs, Ellie needed the toilet, so her and Mum went up the stairs to find a toilet.

So me and Dad also in addition to the guide carried on down the stairs. We went over slippery rocks and rushing rivers. I looked up and saw a gigantic ceiling, way up high.It had lumps sticking out!

We went up a bit higher and saw mini caves in the walls. The guide said that Pigmy people livedd in those. Dad said the adults were as small as me.

There was no gate, so I was scared. Dad was gonna go over the edge. Luckily, we went down and saw a huddle of scarabs. yuck!

There were lots of rocks to climb over but we finally arrived to the exit. 

At the top, we all went to a Taine restaurant. We ordered rabbit Tajine. The meat was fabulously delightful. It was absolutely delicious. I wished I could have it every Sunday. We saw the live rabbits.

Then we went to where the woman used to live.

Then we went to go to another town. We are now going to Rabat to spend our night before leaving to England.

On the way, we stopped at Casablanca. There we went to the rocky shore where salty sea water was. We found typical shells and even some tasty mussels. I spotted an anenomone in the clear sparkling water. Then we went back into the car to look for a restaurant. I then drifted off to a cosy sleep.

When I woke up, I was in Rabat next to Hajar's house. Dad said there was no point in waking us up for lunch and it wasn't nice there. We came in and they greeted us enjoyably. The twins were there and we played hide and seek. It was really fun.

For dinner, we had curry and had bread to dip it into. Tarek showed us Chucky on the computer. It was absolutely hair raising.

P.S They gave us clothes for presents and a necklace. 

This is sadly the end of our holiday.

2014 Morocco, Agadir

The next morning, we did another long drive to a beach where we were going to meet Abdou and his wife who we stayed with in Sale. Me and Ellie played in the sand and paddled in the water a bit and found some nice shells. But then, Mum gestured us to come back and she said we were looking for Abdou. When we found him, we went in his car and we drove to a flash looking hotel. Our room was very nice and there was a TV, but mum said we had to meet the Swiss family. The Swiss family were like this.



They served us hot milk and tea* with also dates and nuts.

There was a children table but the little boy didn't want to sit on the table because he said it was a 'girly table'!



There was an awkward silence while we ate. I ate quickly and excused myself that I needed the toilet.

*It's special tea.

The adults talked for a very long time while we had to play with the girl. She was called Assia. We showed her the cool camera, then we watched  a bit of telly. Somehow, at the end, we managed to communicate. It was time to go to sleep.






The next day, we got ready to go to a beach.
Mum was too tired so she didn't come. Assia came into our car and Abdou let us use his phone to play temple run. We communicated and told each other that we will have goes each. It was 'Ca Bon!*'

  

* French for 'good'

When we got there, I went  bare foot. There was lots of shattered glass but I risked it.
There was a mini mountain of rocks that me and Dad climbed on. I was scared Dad was gonna fall.


It was great fun! I loved it! Except when Dad was near the edge.

When we had gone down, we found beautiful rocks of all sorts. We were getting hungry so we drove to find a restaurant. We found a little restaurant and ordered fish and a tajine. It was absolutely amazing food.
Assia's Mother was a bit fidgety about the dirtiness. After the food, we looked at all the fresh, just-taken- out-of-the-sea.



We decided not to get back to the beach so we headed back home. While on the way back, we played Temple Run, then learned French words then looked at the rest of the people behind us in the other cars(with binoculars).

At home, all we had for dinner was mackerel and crisps. I watched Aljazeera and I watched this thing about Rabies.
It was sad. Then I went to sleep.



The next morning, we got dressed into our swimming pool and the Swiss family insisted us on having breakfast with us. After breakfast, we went in the swimming pool but it was freezing! I was stunned!
I didn't go much in the swimming pool after that. The clock ticked to 12 pm and we had to get out. This was our last day so we couldn't have lunch there. We packed our bags and set off.

2014 Morocco Essaouira

We finally arrived to our couchhost's house, actually more like an apartment. They had a TV and it was one man and a woman. The TV was on and the adults talked while we watched TV.  The woman showed us her pet tortoises and we played with them a lot.


They also kept pigeons as well. we didn't do much that night.




In the morning, we went into the medina. There we bought lots of spices ans perfumes. Dad bought a quite expensive ink holder made from bone.

Next, we went to the fish market. There were lots of fish of all types. There were even eels and shark!


Me and Ellie found kittens while our parents were looking at soaps and medicines. There were four. One was a grey, one mixed, one shy and one playful.
We went to another shop and the shopkeeper gave us a present! He was lovely to do that.
We then went out of the medina and met the man and we went to buy chicken to make Tajine for dinner.
At the house we helped take the peas out.
Then we waited as the woman cooked Taine. The tajine was a glamorous delight and I ate and ate!




When I woke up, we insisted on the woman to have a ride to her daughter's place as she couldn't see her that much. In the car, the woman was sick. She was very sensitive.
We gradually arrived into the countryside. We parked next to her house.
It looked very farmy. I saw two boys. One was old and one was very young. When we went inside, they made us bread and we had olive oil to dip it into.



It was delicious. I saw their daughter. She was very pretty.

We decided to go back but they forced us to have Tajine with us. So while the Tajine was getting ready, the children all went out into the farmland. We all climbed trees and they chased chicks and gave it to us.
The chicks were so cute.

Finally the Taine was ready. It was quite small but the Grandpa kept saying 'Col! Col!' which means 'Eat! Eat!'. When we had picked the Tajine clean they got their lamb. They fed it milk and it kept wagging its tail violently.




We got to hole it! It was so warm and cuddly! Then they showed us their animals.
They had a camel with very nice fur, a cow which I liked, a dog that I would call Sandy and some rams, also a donkey. It was amazing!

Then they looked at the holes on the floors, which I thought had big spiders on them.
They stuck flowers in, trying to get them out. I went back inside and Mum fave them presents. They liked it.
It was time for us to go but we gave grandparents a lift as the grandma needed to have an eye fix at the hospital.
It was going to be too late so they were going to stay in our couchhost's house.



While that was happening, we went to the fish market, and we were allowed to choose which fish to eat at a restaurant. I chose shark, Dad chose red-whatsit and Mum chose a normal fish.



We went to a restaurant and waited for the fish to get cooked.

Finally, the fish was served to us. My shark came last. The fish was very nice but when the shark came, it tasted nice, but strange. Ellie really liked my shark.
After we had finished our choices of fish, we played with the kittens again and said goodbye as this was going to be the last time to see them.
On the main road, we bought an ice-cream. It was delicious.



It was dark and we headed to the couchhost's house. On the way, Mum bought Ellie new PJs. Ellie kept showing off as if she as a ballerina.



Mum told us to go to sleep so we did.


The next day, the man said goodbye to us as we were going to leave to Marrakesh. We said our goodbyes and we went.