A kind of nothing day. After breakfast, we wandered 3km down the road to the old city for our morning tour, but nobody showed up. Despite having a confirmation email, being there 30 minutes early, and waiting almost 30 minutes past the appointed hour, we ended up giving up and wandering off to see what we could find by ourselves. Saw a bit of course, but without anybody to give you some context, it ended up just being a few hours of wandering through crowds trying to avoid the touts.
Found probably the only pastisserie in the city, and enjoyed a lovely morning tea, but in the end we walked all the way back to the apartment to regroup.
Umm. So what can I tell you? How about four useless facts. Well, Morocco disguises its mobile phone tower poles as artificial palm trees with artificial palm fronds sticking out the top.
Morocco (so we are told) is about to change its official second language from French to English, and start teaching English to students from the start of their school life. Will take a generation to start making an impact, but it will be interesting to see if any other country follows suit.
When the United States declared its independence, Morocco was the first country to recognise the newly formed country as an independent nation. (you can tell it was a boring day can’t you?)
In Morocco, the heart is not considered the symbol of love. Traditionally, in Morocco, the liver is the organ from which desire and love come. So, you tell your girlfriend that you love her with all your liver. Just what you really wanted to know.