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.