Month: August 2020
Road trip in Morocco #3 – from Boumalne-Dadès to Ouarzazate
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on our road trips across Morocco. Click to see Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. This road trip across Morocco took 3 days, 2 nights, from our desert camp at Merzouga to Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. The first night was spent in…
Random moment #10 – Things in life
Random moment is our playlist series started during the 2020 pandemic. Rather than sitting around worrying about catching the virus, we might as well spread some musical ideas online. #10 – things in life is Jamaican gold, enjoy + like. #spotify #playlist #nowplaying #dennisbrown #reggaediscorockers #althea&donna #sugarminott
Road trip in Morocco #2 – from Merzouga to Boumalne-Dadès (ⴱⵓⵎⴰⵍ ⵏ ⴷⴰⴷⵙⵙ)
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on our road trips across Morocco. Click to see Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. The second leg of our adventure stretched across three days and two nights, carrying us from the desert camp at Merzouga all the way to Essaouira on Morocco’s…
Random moment #9 – March of the trolls
Random moment is our playlist series started during the 2020 pandemic. Rather than sitting around worrying about catching the virus, we might as well spread some musical ideas online. #9 – march of the trolls has a few urgent classical instrumentals, enjoy + like. #spotify #playlist #nowplaying #alicesarahott #edvardgrieg #valentinalisitsa #michaelnyman #gyorgyligeti #philipglass
Riads and Dars, part 2
Continuing with a tour of riads and dars … I think Astrakan Cafe by Anouar Brahem on ECM suits the mood of this dar, especially Track 14 Astrakan Cafe – 2 and Track 8 Parfum de gitane. Part 1 of this post is here. spotify:album:11AANoNamBHA1GwL2naAQb On our return to Marrakech in the second week, we…
Riads and Dars, part 1
Staying at a riad (or dar) is part of the Moroccan experience. For our two weeks in Marrakech, Fes, Ouazazate and Essaouira, we stayed at 2 riads, 3 dars and had a dinner in a riad where we were too late to make a room booking. I selected a few songs for this post. spotify:playlist:2598JDKueapiRWCVTwlHU6…