The day was long and it was torrid. We wished for an asylum from the afternoon heat.
As the sun fled the Red City and surrendered the sky to the moon, we dipped our bare feet into the glacial pool to soothe our weary flesh.
We watched the moon streak across the canopy and leave a trail of light against a black velvet heaven. It was just another night in Marrakech.
The lamps were lit one by one, and soon, the afterglow cast dancing shadows on the beams, on the walls, everywhere.
Through beaten plates of brass and silver, a cotillion of Moroccan lamps shimmered with intricate lace-like patterns of luminescence. The house was bathed in a magical, ghostly radiance that tells of tales from One Thousand and One Nights.
When it was time to retire, we bid the dar good night and slowly waltzed into our chamber. Scheherazade would visit us by the moonlight. We waited...only the candles flickered into the dark twilight.
Riad Dar One
19 Derb Jemaa El Kabir, Hay Salam, Medina, Marrakech
Tel. 00 212 24 38 52 51
12 comments:
Pretty pics! I love Marrakech!
SO beautiful! I truly love reading your blog...both for your writing and for your photography! (And also because I've always wanted to travel extensively, of course!)
Jen..Wonderful writing and awsome pictures again. Un Jour La Bas.
Hi Jen! Another hectic week and my tour of blogosphere suffers... ;)
You have only good addresses: Wonderful!!
Blogtrotter just ended the tour of temples in Old Town Vilnius and waits for you there. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Oh what beautiful pictures and enticing words. You have made my wanderlust for Marrakesh even greater, thank you.
Oh, yes - wonderful lamps!
Gorgeous photos -- I have always wanted to go Morocco, sigh.
Also, I am so impressed that you are traveling with a young child. No kids yet for me but I am always inspired when I see people taking really cool trips with young kids because I hope I will be able to do that too.
You have a way with words. Are you a professional writer?
Wowza...such an amazing post...those pictures were like an out of body experience!
certainly feels like something out of ali babba lol
Very nice work.:)
WOW !!!!!!!
SO beautiful !
Marrakech is amazing and there will be more than enough for you to do in 2 days. Visiting the square Djemaa El-Fna is a must, the atmosphere is amazing day and night. In the evening they set-up food stalls in the square, the food is gorgeous and very cheap.
You can get a horse and cart ride from the square, it lasts about 1 hour and is so cheap.
If you have time visit Ourika, it's just outside Marrakech heading into the mountains. It's a beautifull place, you could have lunch and take in the scenery and if you're fit take a small climb to the waterfall.
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