The Mimosa

The Mimosa is just off the Jemaa El Fna, on rue des Banques, and is about 10$ for a double with breakfast. It's a courtyard hotel spread over 4 floors(the fourth being a rooftop terrace). All the rooms are built around the sides with a fountain on the ground floor and painted tiles covering every surface. Our room on the 2nd floor was 3/4 tile up the wall, then gave way to intricate plaster carving on the ceiling.

Marrakech Menara Airport

North American passports are highly suspicious at the moment because of swine flu scares, so after 45 minutes of waiting in the very slow customs lines, I was told I had to go get a stamp certifying I hadn't been in a contagious area in the past 6 months. Moroccan entry stamps are rather plain, not very interesting for the long wait.

On the avion to Marrakech

We had an epic 14 hour journey from Aberystwyth(West Coast of Wales) down to London on the coach(about 7 hours and a bit). Then another coach to the airport which is only about 60 or 70 miles South but due to bad coach drivers and loads of traffic it takes us 3 or so hours with screaming toddlers up front. On the Royal Air Maroc flight from Gatwick they piped in Arabic techno style music during take off and landing(I think they must have thought it was calming). The flight takes about 3 hours and we land finally at Menara Marrakech Airport at 12:15.

Tout les photos du Maroc

Spent last weekend in Marrakech, lovely time, here's the pictures from it.




The first one is a home-made joint collaboration and the second in the henna I got in the Jemaa El Fna whilst eating dinner. Those henna women are persistent.

Strawberries

I bought a postcard today with painted strawberries that looked juicy.  On the back it's addressed to a deaf uncle.

Ha, now you can see my windows

The little baby white windows in the middle at top top top are me.

Down by the water this afternoon

By the Pier

Lovely sunset this evening.

This is my street

This my street, Marine Terrace.  

This is my building.

My building called the Cambria is opposite the Pier.  I'm on the fourth floor.  My windows window between the 1st and 2nd peaks, but they do exist.

Oh my I have a poppy

My ladybug poppy finally bloomed(well one of the buds did anyways).  I was ridiculously excited and called my mom.  Poppies are great.

Wotsits

Somebody at Lidl's couldn't think up a name for the mystery product. We never did find out what it was supposed to be advertising.

Bits of the house

We live on the top(fourth floor) on this massive Victorian building that looks West to the Irish Sea. We don't get the sunrise, but the sunsets every night.

The Chip Box

We have a delicious chippy by us, with very good chips; nicely hot and soft inside, and lightly crisp outside, all served in this cute box.

The Skinner Road Cat

I see my friend the spotted cat every morning when passing Skinner Road. It's a rather nice cat with a little red velvet collar with a silver bell.

The doorknockers of Aberystwyth

There's a good variety of lovely old door knockers, and numbers as I discovered whilst doing a job for Carling. Beware of the cat, on Penglais Road, is my favourite.

A lonesome Father Christmas

I found him sitting in a corner on the steps of the Baptist church. He looked jolly for all his confusion of the seasons.

The backwindow view.

This is our back window view over Aber.

The Pier

The Pier and the seaside proper are much nicer, but it was a stormy day.

Aberystwyth Toast

These are mysterious bits of toasts I've been finding around town.

Aberystwyth

Hello everyone, I'm living in one place again.
Aberystwyth (AH-BUR-WRIST-TWITH) on the Irish Sea in Wales.
Here's a few pictures from the journey to move to Wales(back in late May).