Morocco Day 5 - Essaouira

More of the same really, except we found cannons!  Every corner of the wall had a rampart complete with cannons.  Well what more can be said, a 2 and a 4 year old boy and cannons that you could just climb over and pretend to boom - hours of fun!!

I got some rare time to myself whilst Tris and the boys charged around the rampart.  Whilst sitting looking out to see I got distracted by the seagulls. Living in Cornwall we are used to seagulls being scavengers that steal your pasty from your hand!  But the Essaouira seagulls were not like that, they were beautiful and shiny and you didn't have to hide your food if you ate near them.  I came up with the theory that they were so well fed from the fish guts that get thrown over the side by the fishermen that they don't need to steal tourists food, who knows but they could do with teaching the Cornish ones how to behave!

BOOM!

The view from our hotel window

The hotel roof terrace

You can;t really see in this photo, but I am shouting at Tris to stop taking photos as a Moroccan woman is trying to kiss Rowan!  They all take a shine to the boys blond hair and want to kiss them and take their photos.  Rowan hates it, Reuben on the other hand loves it!

There was a small alley where there are lots of woodworking workshops.  Tris bought a chess set from this man (one a bit smaller that this one!)

Rowan has a new hobby - sunset photograhpy