Saturday, February 23, 2013

My Other World


Before I started the New York blog, we lived in Morocco which is where I started blogging as a way to keep in touch with my family. (See The House in Marrakesh). Anyway it sort of blossomed.


But we go back to Morocco pretty often. First place we went to was Cafe France


where we watched the world go by on foot


on bikes and mopeds and even caleches.


 We walked through the souks, past the olive sellers


Saw our first charming pussy cat (pregnant of course!)


glanced into an antique shop


tried to avoid the carpet sellers


wondered if my granddaughter would like little princess shoes


and admired the patina of old shutters.


Then we walked through our old neighborhood


in search of old friends. More of that good stuff later.
Here derb djedid our old street.




17 comments:

Liz said...

Beautiful photographs! Love the colours.
Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

Young at Heart said...

How fabulous.....you have lived in two of my most favourite places, Marrakesh and New York...the thing I love about the Fna is it never changes you can even spot a favourite cafe in the corner in The Man Who Knew Too Much!!

Rose ~ from Oz said...

So much history, one can feel the vibrancy and the colours are a visual delight. I can but only imagine the experience of living within this culture and living it first hand.
And then to New York!! Lucky us that you started blogging Elizabeth.

Em Parkinson said...

I feel like I have been there myself now. What a cosmopolitan life you have had! Stunning pictures - thank you.

Frances said...

Elizabeth, I am turning a delicate shade of green looking at these photographs.

It's a delight to see every image, and to know what fun you all are having. Morocco is such a contrast to our currently grey New York City!

xo

Linda Sue said...

OH and OH and OH!!!! Favorite place! How lovely for you to be there in sunshine, with carpets and olives and everything wonderful! Buster probably thinks you are majic- one day here, next GONE! and then you reappear - he wags and jumps around for that trick!

Annabella said...

So lovely to see you and Robert today - I loved our walk. I'm just posting some photos now. Love yours!

Pomona said...

I think that I would rather like some of those princess shoes! Beautiful pictures of an amazing place.

Pomona x

Leenie said...

I can certainly see why you love the place and return often. Thanks for giving us a look at the exoticness (made that word up). I'd LOVE a visit there.

Willow said...

I first 'met' you at the Marrakesh blog and was mesmerized from the first photo.
Princess shoes, please!

barbara and nancy said...

I've been missing your Morocco blog. Thanks for taking us back with you.
Barbara

louciao said...

What a feast of colour.

Bill Stankus said...

I'm surprised, no questions about the Marrakesh Express?

Paz said...

Awesome pics. looking forward to more,

Barbara said...

Really interesting to see not having been anywhere like that.

tammy said...

I love seeing other cultures. Great pictures!

Margaret Gosden said...

Think I would rather like to bring back a carpet! Looks warmer there than here - what a good place to make a second home?