Admin on Feb 22 2010 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Sweet
I had planned a post on the wonderful city of Meknes that we visited last weekend, but in view of the tragic events that happened there on Friday I will save that for another day. The 16th Century minaret of the Bab Berdieyinne mosque in Meknes, collapsed during Friday prayers killing 41 people and injuring [...]
Admin on Feb 09 2010 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Savoury
Hi there everyone!
Well the Arabic is going “B’shwiya b’shwiya” – slowly, slowly! Two weeks is only just enough to get the very basics of the language but I am pleased I have done this and will hopefully continue to learn! Secretly my main aim is just to become a better negotiator in the souks so [...]
Admin on Jan 31 2010 | Filed under: Markets, Photographs, Shopping, Travel, Travel
So it seems my Wordless Wednesday has slowly morphed into a wordless week!!! I have a list of excuses as long as my arm for not blogging, but wont bore you with the details!
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to make a serious attempt at learning a new language, so Monday morning bright an [...]
Admin on Jan 05 2010 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Savoury, Spanish Food, Travel
Happy New Year everyone!! May it be a wonderful year for all of you and your families!
Well back to school, back to life and back to normality for us here in Morocco. It was a very short break for us but we did manage to do a day trip or two and a quick trip [...]
Admin on Dec 31 2009 | Filed under: Photographs, Travel
Wow, I cannot believe it is the last day of 2009!
My heartfelt thanks for taking the time to read my blog and to comment, I look forward to seeing you again next year!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a wonderful, healthy and prosperous 2010!
Sana saʿida from Morocco.
xxx
Admin on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Sweet
When the ghosts come out….whoooo……when the goblins shriek….eeeeek…… is what my youngest has been singing non-stop for the last two weeks and now seems to be imprinted on my brain!!!!
Halloween is here, and we are even celebrating it in Morocco!!
When we first arrived here we seldom saw decorations for Western holidays such as Halloween, Easter [...]
Admin on Oct 05 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Kids Lunches, Photographs
Collecting parcels here in Rabat is always a challenging affair! Generally any packages larger than about 2-3 books ends up in the central post office to be checked by customs. Now this:
a) involves driving to the centre of town in the traffic from hell and finding parking which is just like finding the proverbial needle [...]
Admin on Sep 27 2009 | Filed under: Culture, Food, Moroccan Food, Photographs, Travel, Travel
Saturday was a strange day, not starting quite as we had planned but turned into one of those days that will be etched into our memories forever!
Our local village was hosting their annual fantasia festival this Saturday. It was off to a rocky start with a morning of thunder showers, but nothing was going to [...]
Admin on Sep 16 2009 | Filed under: Food, Kids Lunches, Photographs
I am sure that as it is for me, there are millions of other moms out there for whom the daily task of packing lunchboxes is a never ending battle to come up with different ideas that will keep kids well nourished and interested in their lunch!!!
We don’t really get a wide variety of ready [...]
Admin on Sep 12 2009 | Filed under: Photographs, Travel
Summer is slowly fading away up here in the North. There is crispness to the air at night and we have even had our first rains for the season. Soon the lovely long summer will be just a memory and we will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the next one!
For the last two summers [...]
