Sonia is a young Moroccan woman who plans visits to Morocco for travelers from other countries. It was she who scouted and sourced places for many of the sites we visited while in Marrakech for Joanne Weir’s Culinary Adventure. Several of my traveling colleagues and I also asked Sonia to plan extra excursions for us. … Continue reading Morocco During Covid

Underneath the Hammans, in the bowels of the earth, there are men whose job it is to keep the fires burning that heat the water for the Hammams.  They sit in rocky outcroppings, feeding the flames day in and day out. From all appearances, when not working, they sleep in another part of the earth … Continue reading Mohamed Sings For Us

It was a first for me, seeing that stork and I wondered about their habits. The server at breakfast schooled me a bit. They are migratory birds, coming from Germany to Morocco to lay eggs and hatch babies—always to the same nest. When the babies fly the next, on they all go to the south … Continue reading Not quite enough about storks

Lunchtime for stork babies I got another photo of Mama stork Sunday mid-afternoon while I was having a magnificent seafood lunch—my ONLY meal yesterday—a platter full of all the crustaceans of the sea!! A couple with a little boy were seated next to my table at lunch. I took the little boy over to the … Continue reading An encore for the stork

There is an open-air rooftop garden in the beautiful hotel in Marrakech where I enjoyed Saturday night’s evening meal. Almost as soon as I was seated, I stood again to take a better photo of the Mosque to the left of my table. The DJ who curated the evening’s music and was stationed just slightly … Continue reading A Stork and The Calls to Prayer in Marrakech

…”She left one day in a relative way and came back the previous night.” And that is how I’ll tackle this gap in posts. The days have been packed with activity and when we stop my body stops! Today the group of culinary travelers is off on an adventure to Essaouira and this writer can … Continue reading Monday at Jnane Tamsna—Marrakech

Welcome sweets along with mint tea After a day of rest I’ve come alive again Breakfast Vista

The first two legs of this journey to Morocco are behind me. Here is this traveller’s view of the ‘no masks required on airplanes’ announcement right before our very eyes. Checking in at the Medford Airport, everyone—TSA, agents, travelers—wore the required mask. Our flight to Seattle was delayed for an hour and a half, I … Continue reading Waiting in New York

A hard copy of a calendar sits on the counter top in the kitchen, days being marked off, to do lists on each day carefully printed and crossed out as tasks are completed. It is April 12 and I am packing for Morocco. It is 25 degrees outside and snowing in Klamath Falls. This trip … Continue reading Preparing for Morocco

Seven weeks passed very quickly in Tucson, partly because five days a week I either went to physical therapy or drove from Tucson to Green Valley for Pilates. It was a full court press, a hard push towards full mobility. By the end of March I had cast aside my cane except for long walks.  … Continue reading April 1, 2022—In Klamath Falls Again