slow mo

New day, new project, new destinations. Above all today's theme is slow.

Early rise to visit Jardin Majorelle and enjoy the magical Yves Saint Laurent garden in beautiful morning light and besides, to be there before the tourist crowd enters...

After a walk through the garden, we met in the Majorelle cafe, to enjoy a tea and start with our day project. A slow project; a tortoise, a common (domestic) animal in Marrakech.

By the time everyone worked the tortoise tail, we continued our journey to the desert.

On the way to our camp, we came across a film set with a long staircase to a white house on the desert hill (we could not figure out which film...)

Right after arrival at our desert camp, we enjoyed a truly delicious lunch in the shade of the Berber tent. La Pause, an appropriate name for this place into a completely different world, in the middle of nature and without wifi.

This oasis in the desert is also the perfect place also for a siesta. For the 'sporty types' a swim in the pool at the olive orchard, for some of us a beauty nap and the fanatics continued the s l o w day-project.

At the end of the day, somehow we all ended on the highest desert hill to enjoy the magnificent view.

Around sunset we saw an approaching storm coming from afar, a true nature spectacle! The huge dog stayed very quietly on his pouf and the staff put down the berber tents at ease, so we were not 'worried' at all about the sudden strong desert wind. Actually it was a special experience and we had another wine and made silly waving hair group photos.

After sunset we went back home towards Marrakech. What a day! It frankly feels great to slow down from time to time...