Second Day In Essaouira

We woke feeling refreshed for the first time in a long time. Whew! A 300 dh room better be good though. We had our usual morning coffee at 12 dh each. That's almost Montpellier prices for my coffee. Not for Elena's though. We went back to check out and a guy who wishes to remain anonymous told us he had an apartment we could look at too. So we did. His was better and cheaper. But we were already committed to the one. We met the manager just before noon with the guy who led us the places. He showed us how the keys work and we paid for 3 days in advance (900 dh). We want to minimize our stay in the current apartment and switch to the cheaper, better one.

Anyway, we had our place, so now to buy some stuff. But first we had to deal with the fridge which wasn't working. The wheel wasn't there, and you'd need a pair of pliers to move teh spindle. We didn't have pliers. The guy came over after a couple of phone calls (and a couple of 250 dh shwarmas) and started the fridge. So we went out for food.

First call, the wine store. It's outside the medina. We got 6 cans of Budweiser for 120 dh and a bottle of wine for 4 dh. No more Budweiser for me. Sheesh! It's just wine from now on.

We got some fruit: 25 dh for a watermelon (seems to be the season) and 15 dh for other fruit. We got some vegetables for a few dh. Mixed spice for 3 dh. Cous cous for 6dh. I got some meat--Elena refused to go near the meat because she was afraid she wouldn't want to eat it. I don't remember how much it cost--I was trying to figure what animal it was being cut from.

We came home and Elena rested while I worked on my blog. Then we ate. It wasn't our best meal, but it was OK. We had wine, at least. We'll need cumin, salt, and pepper. Then we watched Moroccan Idol for a while and eventually fell asleep.