Morocco 2023-2024 Day 5 (12/23/2023) Essaouira

 Today we spent the day touring Essaouira. This is Zak's Home city. In my opinion it is the nicest city we have visited so far. It has a port filled with fishing boats and a beautiful fort.  Zak's mother lives here so we are off this evening to her home for a tradional Moroccan Meal.  


View from our hotel room at sunrise


Panaroma of bay


Classic Moroccan breakfast starting with Harira (graditional Moroccan Soup)


Sun is up so off we went to visit the home that Zak & Sarah are building here for themselves.


Sami met us at the door with his guitar


Front of the house under construction


Zak's mom was there with Sami, She has been supervising the construction for Zak & Sarah



Love the tradional Tiled walls



The workmen are real artists with plaster work



This will be the kitchen when completed



This garage below the house would easily hold eight cars


One of the three bathrooms



Another bathroom with a tub


Workmen were there while we visited


Roof Patio, the house is up on a hill and has an ocean view 


Front door


Typical type of windows they use


Snack break time


Zak and his Mom


On the property next door, there is a shepherd's hut.  Apparently they graze sheep here at certain times of the year


The house overlooks the ocean and about a mile away is a small harbor area where fishermen launch their Skiff type of boats,



Great beach





Beautiful with the waves crashing on the rocks

Video Link to Beach in Essaouira - Beach in Essaouira


There is even a blowhole here





We then headed off to the local village to pick up items for the dinner at Zak's mother's home. They hold these markets in the small villages once a week.


pretty much every part of the lamb is used, there is a lamb's head for sale


Butcher


Walnuts and almonds


Besides food, you can buy any thing you need.


Dates




Nice fresh beans


Potatoes, onions,carrots


Clemantines (mandarin oranges) one Kilo 2.2 lbs) is a whopping 20 cents



Great selection of Vegetables,  Morocco supplies much of Europe with fruits and vegetables


Baby Chickens


Bread fresh out of a traditional oven


Zak's mother took some for dinner and we took some for the drive back to town



When we got back to the harbor, we went to the tradional fish market 


They have all kinds of fish, many I have never seen before



Thresher shark, some of this one became shark steaks for dinner



Up around the ramparts of the  old fort


Various cannons that guarded the city


Bronze Portugese Cannon had a date on it of 1786




We walked through the Medina of the old city on the way to Zak's Mother's home looking into one of the shops, you can see the intricate woodwork Essaouira is famous for.


There are cats wherever you go


Entrance to a home in the Medina


I Love the doors




Entering Zak's mothers home


Living room


Morocco Trip Day 6






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