Kwilting with Kats: Morocco 2019 Day 7


The wall of the Medina---remember 17 km? Holes are for scaffolding.

Got this straight, now it's Sunday. Bad news first. Tanis was bent over to tie her shoe when her hip popped out of joint. Total agony, and she was loaded into an ambulance to go to a clinic to put it back where it belonged.

This morning we were treated to two classes with a difference. The first class, embroidery, was held in a private home in the Medina close to the Souk. There we were taught the Fez type embroidery, which is the same on both sides. I enjoyed the session very much, but others didn't have such a good time learning, or attempting to learn, the stitch.


Food arriving, me still working.

After this class, and before the next, we were treated to a tea, and what a tea it was. Fresh breads of several types made by the women themselves, sweet cakes and the omnipresent mint tea. Really delicious and such fun. Some of the women spoke some English, and there were a couple of teenagers there who were happy to practice their language skills on us.

Looks like parantas in background
Taste like them, too

A gaggle of crafters

My bracelets

Second class was a making a small beaded bracelet, and was held in a building used by Association/Coopérative Al Kawtar, which is an organization to help women with disabilities. Making the bracelets is one of their sources of income. Enjoyed this class too, and may make more to give away at Christmas.

Our guide Moncef took us into the Souk to a caftan shop. I don't think I could ever find it again and don't particularly want to. Prices were very high, and not marked on the garments, so you had to ask. I'm sure there was a different prices for the local. Loved a wool coat there, but MAD6000 is a little rich for me---think $600.

Back to the hotel, and since I did not sign up for the Yves Saint Laurent Museum visit, the rest of the afternoon was free. Walked down the street to a little restaurant and had a chicken/mushroom panini with a pineapple/ginger smoothie. Very tasty, with leftovers.

Vegetables

After lunch I went to the SuperMarché (Super Market) in the mall behind the hotel. Always interesting looking at foods in other places. Many different things here, some familiar, like Lay's potato chips, but the vast majority not. Here you select your fruits/vegetables, put them in a brown bag, and take them to be weighed and priced before checking out. Fresh fish offered, as well as unknown cuts of meat.