Friday, August 31 – Chefchaouen Walking Tour and Home Hosted Lunch

After breakfast Mohammed took us on an early morning walking tour along the steep cobbled walkways as vendors were setting up their wares.  It is true that the city is painted blue.  

This picture seems to be like an oil painting.

Women were washing clothes in the spring-fed stream that provides pure water to the city.

After the walking tour, we took about a 45-minute drive through the Rif Mountains to a farm for our home-hosted lunch.  On the bus ride there, we stopped to take pictures of a lady herding goats along the road to a grazing location.

Our host, a farmer, proudly showed us his gardens.  He  grows vegetables all year to feed his family, and he sells his honey and olive oil.  Hosting lunches for tour groups such as ours has made it possible to build some more buildings on his farm.

His wife and he have a 20-day-old baby girl and a 2-year-old daughter.

After he served us tea and delicious homemade cookies, he graciously answered all of our questions about his way of life.

For our meal we were first served appetizers: olives, eggplant, and tomatoes. Then for the main course, we had tanjine of goat and veggies.  After that, we ate tanjine of vegetables that had been picked and prepared by some of the people in our group.  

After lunch, Mohammed signaled for me to bring out Cha-Cha-Cha.  She sang the song to introduce herself, then gave a bag of California-made saltwater taffy to their cute little daughter.  She was fascinated with the puppet, and they interacted for at least thirty minutes.  The group then said goodbye.

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