Dustin got to see where I live and the people I know in my town. Midelt, a town of 40K is a friendly place and Dustin got to drink a lot of tea. The area is known for apples, hence the fountain with the apple. Lots of storks are hanging out right now. It is hatching season and little chicks are visible in most of the nests. The town was used as a French administration center so many of the buildings in the older section of town have slopped roofs-French influence. Most Moroccan buildings have flat roofs.
There are fields dispersed throughout town so getting from one place to the next it is sometimes short to walk through the fields. We got a tour through the clay kasbaa with Ismael. There are limited entrances into this area and the alleys, if you can call them that, go through and under the housing. The units are built on top of each other. Clay houses are warmer in winter and cooler in summer, or so I have been told. The walls, floors, ceiling are all mud.
Next was a trip out past Berrem to a village surrounded by farmland. Brahim, my friend from the police department took Dustin and I, along with his son Tawfik's English teacher, to a friend of his house. We were treated to tea and snacks in his home. It was a great tour of the countryside I had not had the opportunity to see before. It rained, but that added different color to the pictures.
The gorge is just visible up the arroyo. I will need to go back and see that.
We had dinner with great Moroccan food at Brahim's house. We got to meet his father and entire family. Then it was home to get ready for Tinerhir.
Stacie lives on the oasis in a new home. very nice location. Her friend, the French pastry chef in town, has a car and took us up to the Todra Gorge. On the way back we stopped at a building and some of Giams's friends were having a music get together with homemade instruments. A great experience.
There was no climbing in the Todra when we were there. Dustin wanted to climb. Climbers come from all over to climb the gorge.
Tomorrow off to the tishka pass and Marrakesh for Dustin to leave on the night plane to Madrid.
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