Thursday 30 January 2014

Sweetheart's Marjorelle



When we took Sweetheart back for her flight she wanted to stay a couple of nights in Marrakesh to go to the food stalls in the Place (we always go to No1 because it's run by a woman) and to do some shopping. She bought yet 2 more night light holders.
I did not go on the shopping trip because the accommodation booking was a bit of a disaster. We had a self-catering flat perfectly situated opposite the Colisseum cinema  near our favourite restaurant. It was spacious and well equipped in a moroccan rather than european manner, the plumbing and electrics worked and there was a cooker with an oven, and a large fridge freezer, kettle, toaster and microwave; but it was on the 5th floor and the lift didn't work.
 Beloved thinks my refusal to to go down the stairs for the shopping only to have to come back up was a lucky break as it meant he had  to accompany Sweetheart. Her style of shopping is to visit every single stall in the Souk which may possibly sell light shades and then go round them again bargaining. (He thinks I didn't know that but I'm a veteran of trips to Brum and Manchester.)
Anyway when we went to the Marjorelle which I've visited and photographed dozens of times I gave the camera to Sweetheart for a Fresh Eye.




















Flummoxed by Google



I have been chided for not blogging although we have been back a month. Well Sweetheart was here for 10 days and we took a week to recover but the last fortnight has been because  Google has "updated" its services again and I have been unable to find a way in. That and a really slow connection which meant I didn't exactly try for hours at a time, and , well, a bit of an addiction to Candy Crush Saga which I could get to work. Sweetheart kindly sorted me out when she was here, friending me to her computer geek,which was essential because every so often you have to have 3 facebook friends to let you through to the next game level. We only have 9 facebook friends ,two of whom are the same person , now deceased. Only sweetheart and one other play candy crush so I was stuck indefinately  but now her geek lets me through and I have progressed several levels. Definately signs of a mispent senility.
I started writing this on Beloved's birthday. I think it was quite a good one. He spent the morning watching anorak DVDs of motorbikes given him by the modelmaker. So here's a picture of blue skies for the modelmaker.



 We went to the Palais Salaam for lunch. It was cold so we ate inside in their moroccan room which has been done up.



On the way back the Atlas looked wonderful with snow on the tops.



In the evening we skyped madre and then sweetheart. He opened the champagne she'd given him and she got herself a glass and we toasted each other across the screen. Then he streamed The Villa local derby match against the Baggies which was quite exciting and most satisfactorily ended with the Villains winning 4-3 coming back from 2-0 down and to top the day off we won £10 on the lottery.