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Tuesday - 8 November 2022 - Up early to be the first in line for Jardin Majorelle - this was a site Virginia Ann was very excited to visit. She loved the colors and plants from internet pictures she'd seen while working on our house and desert in Arizona.

morocco2022 — Beautiful plants everywhere.

morocco2022 — Jardin Majorelle is a two-acre botanical garden. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, beginning in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by the French architect, Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. In the 1980s, the property was purchased by the fashion designer, Yves Saint-Laurent.

Blue and yellow make a great contrast.

morocco2022 — There are over 300 plant species from five continents represented in the gardens.

morocco2022 — Great compositions everywhere.

morocco2022 — At its heart lies Majorelle's electric-blue art deco studio, home to the Museum Amazigh, which showcases the rich panorama of Morocco's indigenous inhabitants through displays of some 600 artifacts.

morocco2022 — Virginia Ann and Cal at the house.

morocco2022 — Cal and Virginia Ann at the home with the garden pool just behind us.

morocco2022 — The art deco home is beautiful.

morocco2022 — Objects of art throughout the garden.

morocco2022 — The home through the gardens.

morocco2022 — Trellis covered tunnel through to a platform over a pond.

morocco2022 — Blue and yellow again.

morocco2022 — The cactus was fantastic - many species and all in good health.

morocco2022 — The water feature in front of the home.

morocco2022 — A peaceful pond with fish in a small alcove.

morocco2022 — Virginia Ann having a great time at the gardens.

morocco2022 — Such artistic plant placements.

morocco2022 — While we were leaving the gardens there was a cat near the entrance on a bench.

morocco2022 — Just a door down is the Yves Saint Laurent Museum

It includes an exhibition hall featuring the work of Yves Saint Laurent, in which there are photos, videos, sketches, 30,000 accessories, and over 7,000 garments from Saint Laurent's personal collections. Not all the accessories and garments are on display.

morocco2022 — According to Pierre Berge, the designer's business partner and onetime life partner, "it was natural to build a museum dedicated to the work of Yves Saint Laurent in Morocco, as he, in the colors and the forms of his clothing, owes so much to the country."

Here is an Amazigh rug which inspired his creative patterns displayed next to a Yves Saint Laurent design.

morocco2022 — From the exterior, the earth-colored building takes the form of an assemblage of cubes and curves, dressed in a lace of bricks evoking woven fabrics. The materials are terracotta, concrete, and terrazzo, with colors allowing the building to blend in with its surroundings. The earth bricks were made from Moroccan earth and produced locally.

morocco2022 — After the museum we headed back to the Medina for some shopping.

We did not purchase any meat at the butcher's stall.

morocco2022 — Another butcher - their stalls are so interesting.

morocco2022 — Virginia Ann haggles with a pillow vendor - looking for two pillows which are the same size and matching patterns. She did not find them.

Virginia Ann was great at bargaining with the vendors - several times she walked away when they would not meet her price.

morocco2022 — Walking in a "street". Virginia Ann passes a banana cart.

morocco2022 — Continuing to walk the Medina.

morocco2022 — We returned to the Riad for some rest and a cat photo. The hotel had laid out lounges with towels along the pool for the guests. This cat decided to catch some sleep on the lounge.

morocco2022 — The next event was a Moroccan cooking class. Here is the station ready for us to assemble a main course of chicken and two sides.

morocco2022 — Chef Cal.

morocco2022 — Virginia Ann helping knead the dough for our bread.

Virginia Ann helping knead the dough for our bread.

morocco2022 — Virginia Ann working on a side dish.

morocco2022 — After the pictures from the night before we decided to return but take a vantage at a rooftop cafe on the other side of the Jemaa El Fnaa for a different perspective.

Sunset with the Kutubiyya Mosque in the distance. With the Jemaa El Fnaa in the foreground.

morocco2022 — The Jemaa El Fnaa at night.

morocco2022 — A light shop at night - very bright.

morocco2022 — Vendors on the street at night.

morocco2022 — These people are playing a game with fishing poles trying to snag soft drink bottles for prizes.

morocco2022 — The moon over the central square.

morocco2022 — Small lamps with candles lighting them up - very attractive. Virginia Ann purchased one from this vendor.

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