marvelous marrakech at its greenest

La journée des jardins! Today it's all about green!

During the Marvelous Marrakech workshop we visited and explored all kinds of gardens in and around Marrakech; an Arabic garden, a botanical garden, secret city gardens, hidden courtyards, an oasis garden restaurant, an art garden, museum gardens and vegetable- and herb gardens.

An excellent manner to uncover the red city at its greenest!

moroccan cafe crochet

Moroccan crochet masterclass by the sweetest and most patient Aisha on Place des Epices.

While Aisha teaches a small group how to make a moroccan beanie under the umbrella on the market, the others are making matching mittens in my favorite atmospheric Cafe des Epices. The crochet class is enjoying music and tasty drinks and the mittens progress steadily. Mille grazie @cafedesepices for the hospitality and great service!

For lunch we move to La Famille, where everyone enjoys the most delicious dishes in the beautiful quiet courtyard in the middle of the medina. After a long lunch, the program is free and most girls are using their free afternoon to go into the souks for some serious shopping. Some prefer to take a relaxing siesta in the shade on the roof terrace of Chambres d'Amis...

no matter the weather

Moroccan crochet class with Aisha.

For the very first time we had an indoor crochet class with Aisha inside Cafe des Epices and not on the Place des Epices, like the previous 9 moroccan crochet classes.
Due to the rainy weather and paving work on the place, we found a cozy, warm and comfortable corner inside in the cafe and enjoyed Aisha patient explanation, while sipping verveine tea and Moroccan [cornes de gazelle] pastries.
Aisha also enjoyed this exceptional indoor 'beanie' lesson and I made a beautiful portrait of her.

After the crochet lesson we visited the gallery of Hassan Hajjaj and we had lunch at La Famille, not in the garden but under the porch at the table in the shop.

Right after the lemon meringue pie was served, the sun came back.
No matter the weather, we all had a great day!

Tomorrow it will surely be a kaftan day in the desert...