We had a lot of fun today, exploring the Medina in Essaouira, eating good food, enjoying the beach, etc. After a late breakfast at our hotel, we strolled around and found a nice little market place with a cafe, where we sat down to drink some tea. We were the only people there! But all of a sudden we were spotted by a group of musicians who desperately wanted to play for (and charge) us, but we really enjoyed the quietness and didn’t want them to put a lot of effort into us. So I quickly told Ted: “Let’s talk in sign language, then they’ll go away!” So we did. Sign language-ing with each other literally made them turn around and march off and we had our quiet market place back to ourselves. I know, we are mean, but sometimes it is necessary to bend reality in order to get what you want, right? [BTW, neither of us knows sign language]

We saw a lot of animals today, mostly cats and penguins. Yes, correct, penguins!

And we discovered many blue doors, old blue doors, perfectly aged, old blue doors!

What we shouldn’t forget is the fortress here in Essaouira! It still has many canons lined up – very intimidating for anybody who had the glorious idea to take over this strategically perfect trade location!

Btw, we are not that mean: when we had lunch at another, very busy marketplace, the musicians showed up again and played. This time we gave them a nice tip 🤩