Essaouaria Weeks 2-3

We found our happy place in Morocco: Fatima's riad. We happily spent our days on the roof terrace in the sun, wandering the medina, noshing on tasty foods, walking on the beach, and playing with the cats.

Our very generous riad room, with windows to the central courtyard.

The heart of the riad. The garden on Floor 0 (they do floors weird over here)

That's our room on the 2nd floor, in the center. 

The blue room above is where we had breakfast on the roof.

View from the upper terrace.

The upper terrace, looking over the medina.

Lucy doing some light reading.

We've discovered that olive tree wood burns very well.

Soothing waves, overlooking Mogador Island.

Raindrops in the courtyard of the riad. Sound on.

From the Portuguese Wall.

The (very smelly) active fishing port. Lots of anchovies!

From the riprap.

The fishing fleet.

Happy feet on the terrace.

The sunsets were not spectacular everyday, but we enjoyed our evening rambles.

On our next to last day we had our nicest weather. We finally walked to the south side of the bay.

We weren't the only people out that day.

The view south to Cap Sim

This is an old Borj (fort) that used to guard the causeway to Mogador Island.

Obligatory selfie.

Walking on the beach, dodging camel poop.

The weather starting to blow in. Mosque and prison on the left side.

Looking the other direction to Diabat.

Thought I'd throw in a panoramic from the dunes.

 The view back towards the Borj and Cap Sim after we got back to our Riad. The weather held off.

 Our last view of Essaouira from the bus on the way out of town.