Head out on the Highway

Bonjour,

So we'd been back in Morocco a whopping 10 days, and it was time to hit the road again. The kids had a long weekend for the end of Ramadan and the "little" feast to end the month, Eid al Fatr. Our friends, Christina and David, had left, but new friends, Beth and Jeffrey had arrived.

Since Bob hadn't been to Essaouira yet, one of my favorite places in Morocco, and that was on Beth and Jeffrey's list too, we headed south.

We took the coastal road (think Pacific Coast Highway) most of the time, although we had an accidental but scenic detour by a fishing village.

Then on to Essaouira, which has lots of charming shops in the pleasant, manageable medina.


Here's the main square.

The beach can be really windy in Essaouira, which makes for amazing displays of skill by the windsurfers.

And here are some kids on the beach, practicing their gymnastics using bags of sand as a springboard. Sometimes they use half-buried beach balls.

Speaking of kids, just before lunchtime and after some effective pleading by them....

I agreed to buy Anna and Tommy a fresh, hot crepe with lots of Nutella, as long as they didn't tell their father.


Busted! (But then they didn't look too worried, did they?)

After that, we hit the road again, heading south ... looking for adventure....

A bientot,

Kim

P.S.: Yay Twins! AL Central Division Champs!