Arrived home and a last few pics of Marrakech

One night this guy was playing outside the restaurant in the hotel
It was fascinating to watch the way he kept the tassel twirling on his hat

We walked to the Artisan Centre
All types of craft shops, but fixed price, no bartering.
Much more manageable than the Souk
Paul looks at the hides 

I look at the finished handbags

This is the outside of the leather shop
Paul bought a couple of caps and I bought a purse

A very pleasant place to be

We took a guided walking tour of the city so that we could learn more of the history
This is the Mosque of the Kasbah

This is the Katoubia Mosque - the one we could see from our bedroom.
The area to the left is the remains of the palace built by the Almohads.
In 1147 they were defeated by the Almoravids who considered the palace to be sacriligous and destroyed it to build the Mosque.

We walked through the food market in the Kasbah district
Much more interesting than the tourist Souk
This photo is not able to portray the noise and the smell
Especially the shops selling fish or live chickens

These are the Saadiens Tombs. 
160 graves of royalty from the era of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur         1578-1603
The area was subsequently bricked up by a jealous later leader and rediscovered in 1917

A street musician and our guide for the tour.
Again the clever twirling of the tassel on the hat
These black musicians are descendants of the slaves that used to be traded through the coastal town of Essouria around 150 kilometers away on the Atlantic coast.