Picking up from where we left off, last night we went out for dinner and a few drinks with our new English friends, whom we first met on the transfer to our hotels upon arrival. Coincidentally we had also booked the same excursions, travelling with them to Marrakech and on yesterday’s 4x4 adventure.
Given yesterday was quite a big day, we decided to take it easy today, sleeping in and skipping our daily breakfast (it was an absolute delight to avoid the porc this morning I tell you!). While I updated our blog and spent some valuable time on Facebook, Brad caught up on some sleep and woke up feeling a lot better with his testy stomach a thing of the past.
After our usual relaxation in the sun/ Yahtzee session, we headed off to grab some breakfast (at 3pm) followed by the souk, despite knowing that today it was going to be very busy as Moroccans have Sunday off. This means that they all head to the souk to pick up their supplies for the week. It didn’t worry us though as it took the pressure off as sellers didn’t hassle us quite as much, leaving us to browse in peace (well as much peace as can be expected in Morocco).
At last – success! After shopping aimlessly for days I finally found the pendant I’d been waiting for, and oh how it was worth the wait! As soon as I saw it I fell in love, but tried to play it cool... After bartering with the owner on three different occasions I finally got to take it away and am very much looking forward to popping it on a chain back in England.
Both Brad and I also picked up a pair of sunnies each which was fun, and for the remainder of the day we strutted around Agadir feeling like the best thing since sliced bread!
Lunch was another great cultural experience with us heading to McDonald’s for a Moroccan feast. While I opted for the McArabia, Brad decided to go for the Big and Tasty goat burger and surprisingly both proved to be quite delicious. Especially when washed down with a bag of peanut M & Ms!
We also took a little walk through the Valle de Oiseaux (Valley of the Birds), which is a free zoo in the middle of the street. Nothing much to report here another than an aggressive monkey (that was its name!) and some llamas which looked remarkably like polar bears!
After our day’s excursion, I then spent another hour in the sun (at 7pm can you believe), before we went out for dessert. We needn’t have bothered though as this was possibly one of the most disappointing experiences of my life. After anxiously waiting for our fruit salad and ice-cream a few crumby pieces of apple floating in juice arrived, alongside a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. I could have cried! Particularly as we’d made the decision to pay a bit extra and go to a restaurant where we could sit down and eat, as opposed to our usual delicious and cheap ice-cream shop which sells every flavour you could imagine (three different bubblegum options for goodness sakes!). I sat there while my dull-as-dishwater ice-cream melted in front of me (which I had paid three times the price for), while kids ran around just a few metres in front of me, laughing joyously as they slurped back their triple scoop bubblegum ice-cream delights. It was just like the donut incident all over again!
We return to London late tomorrow evening so will just spend tomorrow relaxing, wandering and eating before our plane departs at 10.30pm. We arrive into London at 2.10am and have to navigate our way back to Clapham North using night trains and buses... I don’t suppose anyone wants to come pick us up?
Love to all and wish you were here. If you jumped on a plane now you should be here in 28 hours – what are you waiting for?
xxx
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