Random objects left in the house when the previous people moved out
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Left behind
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Street Art Essaouira
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Walking in the medina and in the new town we have discovered these graffiti, election posters and advertising flyers. We liked them so much we thought of sharing them with you. If you go to Essaouira why don’t you try and find them!!
Donkey dilemmas
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Old tiles
Thursday, February 18th, 2010These are some of the old floor tiles left in our house.We are not too sure if we can save them all but we will try our best, shame not to…
When the going gets tough…
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010…the tough go out and commission a load of stone candlesticks!
Take A Tree To Work Day
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Go on, you know you want to
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From the lime to the ridiculous
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010One for the new place… a clear contender for this year’s Retro Vase Awards
Some more views inside
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010To get to the new house, you walk down a corridor to the left of Dar 91 and then up some steps to the first floor, where you find a two-room flat with a tiny understairs kitchen and windows over the city wall.
Further up lie two more flats, each with two rooms – and then the stairs wind on, finally reaching the 4th floor roof terrace, with views to the sea and across Essaouira’s old and new towns. All three flats cluster around the ‘mrah’ or central riad hole, although the previous residents had blocked this off with plastic and chipboard so as to create some privacy.
It seems unbelievable that this house, which now lies empty and has become so familiar to us, was so recently home to no fewer than 21 people. On our early visits our memories of its labyrinthine layout were so transitory that we thought we’d never make sense of it!
Our new house in Essaouira!
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Yes folks we’ve taken the plunge and bought the house behind (and under) Dar 91. To do so meant buying three separate properties – an experience that has been…well, let’s just say “a challenge” (one day we’ll write a book about that).
So anyway, now we’ve signed the final piece of paper and are the proud owners…apparently.
Over the next few months, you’ll be able to follow our progress on this blog as we renovate the new place. As you’ll see from the pictures below, we have a little bit of work to do…
Andalusian musical feast
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Just back from Essaouira where we enjoyed the Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques – a genuinely multicultural event which brought together people of all religions to celebrate Andalusian classical music – from which developed Flamenco and other more familiar styles. In its heyday (the Middle Ages) the Andalusian culture extended from Spain to Morocco and other parts of North Africa, and after the Muslims and Jews were expelled from Spain in the 15th century – many of them fleeing to Morocco - the diaspora has kept it alive.
Andre Azoulay, one of the most high-profile Jews in the Arab world – who was born in Essaouira and is an advisor to the Moroccan king – is a driving force of the festival. He told Associated French Press: “The music you hear is a reality in the hearts and minds of millions Moroccans, both Jews and Muslims. But today when you talk about Jews and Muslims, the subject is … rarely something that brings us together. That is why this festival is so dear to me.”