ESSAOUIRA

The following day we organized a bus for the 3 hour trip to the coast.
Essaouira is an amazing little town, which feels like it has been unchanged for centuries …. And the traders are a lot more relaxed and friendly, often inviting us to share tea with them.
We spend two days here, just relaxing and wondering around looking at trinkets. The weather once again disappointed, with considerable drizzle/rains, but there is always someone approaching and offering to sell umbrellas, and it provided plenty of occasions to stop for a coffee, and Crème Caramels which were plentiful due to the French colonial influence.
The town is full of little shops selling wood and leather goods, but this time of the year there were very few tourists, so I kind of felt sorry for the traders who obviously rely on them for a living.
(and yes, Pamela did buy a handbag and shoes)