Social Icons

FacebookRSS Feed

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

May 24th




I'm back! Apologies for the lack of updates over the last 3 weeks but we had a longer than anticipated stay in Morocco and limited internet access. Dave has been working really hard over the last 3 weeks, meanwhile I had an extremely relaxing time!

It was just what I needed - the hotel was lovely and I had no choice except to do nothing! I didn't venture too far outside the hotel on my own during the daytime and spent most days resting up, reading a lot of books & sitting out in the beautiful hotel gardens or by the pool. The most I did was to swim a few lengths of the pool every day and walk down to the town centre for dinner in the evenings.

We did get to see the walled city of Rabat & amazing blue & white streets & visited the markets a couple of times. We also had an amazing evening at a Moroccan family's home, where we were invited to dinner. It was a real cultural experience and they were incredibly generous & welcoming - I've never eaten so much food....Cous cous, tagine, moroccan bread, homemade pastries - really delicious!!

Unfortunately I left my husband behind :( I rearranged my flights and travelled home on Sunday but we weren't sure when he'd be able to finish up work. Hopefully he'll make it back tomorrow, but praying that the ash cloud stays away & the airports stay open.

Monday, 2 May 2011

May 2nd

We're just back from 10 great days in Cork - feeling tired from an early start and long drive / ferry trip but it was a really lovely time with family & friends. We got to spend a lot of time with family and caught up with some friends as well.

The only problem was that time went too quickly and we didn't get to see everyone that we had hoped to see. We're really sorry to everyone that we didn't have an opportunity to meet up with & hope to see you next time instead. It's so difficult to see everyone and I did get quite tired towards the end of the week - as well as picking up a head cold & sore throat :(

Dave is travelling back to Morocco for work again tomorrow but rather than leaving me behind I'm able to tag along with him this time :) I will be forced to rest as Dave will be working all day but I plan on bringing lots of books to read and rest & relax.