It's a nice crisp, sunny, clear blue sky morning here.
Let me tell you about yesterday. As you know my desert dune trip was cancelled. I was shaken, after all this was going to be a special Christmas Day for me. I sat for an hour or two trying to figure out something to make it special. There is not one iota of Christmas here, which I find a little surprising since tourism is critical and most come from Christian Europe. Had I been up to speed, I would have at least brought a red Santa hat to wear. I went to the square where my favourite cafe is and decided to buy my Christmas lunch and enjoy the passersby. The above photo is what the square looked like!!! The odd Moroccan came and went. The only other people out were other travellers like me who had nowhere to go for Christmas. Most stopped off for a tea and a pastry (great French pastries), but none of us spoke to each other!!! So, after stopping at some shops and talking with the shopkeepers (no one else to talk to), I finally found a taxi to take me home. Saturday is a regular work/school day here. A strange day for sure and a Christmas day I'll not soon forget.
Sure do hop my plans for December 29, 30, 31, and January 1 work out as Linda and I have planned a special outing.
I'm so sorry to hear that your special day to the dunes didn't work out. I can sense your disappointment in the tone of your post. It must be very hard to be away from all that is familiar to you, "Christmas Celebrations" that is. Here's hoping that your plans for New Years go smoothly and you'll have interesting things to share about Rick's.
ReplyDeleteHello Gail, Sorry to hear that. Looks that nobody wont to come anymore "no Santa or driver" Well,
ReplyDeleteSanta is old, but your driver shouldn't have a problem :-)