Home! It’s stuffy in here, we’ve just been round and opened lots of windows. Surprise, surprise, despite the recent good weather in the UK, it is raining here. Bang on trend for #pembrokeshire. Still really humid though. So very glad to be home, that trip was much more adventurous than I had bargained for or ever want to experience again #holiday #Holiday2023 #HolidayGoneWrong #MoroccoEarthquake

Just boarded and waiting for takeoff. The people next to me were staying in a guesthouse in the medina with no one else there except the night watchman who left without them. They spent the night among rubble with the local residents. So you see we had it easy #Holiday2023 #Marrakesh #Morocco #MoroccoEarthquake

Blue pool, blue sky #morocco #holiday #holiday2023

Good afternoon! We’ve been out all morning in the medina (walled old town) of Marrakesh. We took a tour with a licensed guide who told us a lot about the history and politics of Marrakesh and Morocco and showed us areas we would never have found alone. We passed through the Jewish Quarter and the districts for blacksmiths, tailors, carpet sellers, leather workers and other types of artisan. Here are a few pics from our excursion #morocco #holiday2023 #holiday #marrakesh

We’re eating outside, the entertainment guys are out on the next terrace playing a sort of Beat The Intro game. I am getting almost all of them but stubbornly refusing to go over and join in. That chord, for example, was the opening to Purple Rain #holiday #Holiday2023 #morocco

Moroccan hammam experience was interesting and mostly enjoyable. First I sweated in a steam room for 5 minutes in my bikini, then I was led to another small room and asked to take off my bikini top and lie down on a warm marble slab. I can only speak a tiny bit of French and the therapist spoke no English, so I think I was doing what she wanted! She rinsed me down with cool water using a handheld shower. Then she rubbed some kind of cleanser on me and showered me again. Next she scrubbed me from foot to face (including boobs) with a sort of exfoliating mitt, this was borderline painful but it was most gratifying when she showed me the rolls of dead skin that came off. Then another rinse, then I was rubbed all over with some kind of mud and left for ten minutes before being rinsed again. I don’t think, on balance, that I like being showered in the face. Then she washed my hair and took me to a relaxation lounge and gave me mint tea. I have never felt so thoroughly clean in my life #Morocco #Holiday #Holiday2023 #hammam

OK, not doing thalassotherapy, I’ve found a better thing - I’ve just booked in for a two hour traditional Moroccan hammam and massage package. The spa area is lovely so I can’t wait! #morocco #holiday #Holiday2023

Good morning! We’re up and breakfasted and just about to book a historic city tour and a trip to the Majorelle formal gardens. They have some association with Yves Saint Laurent, the French text just says they were his “sanctuary” but the English text calls it “this private YSL little paradise” so idk if he was involved in the design. I must look it up on Wikipedia. We’re also hoping to take a day in the Atlas Mountains. We’re interspersing trips with lazy days on our tiny terrace or by the pool. Idk if my thalassotherapy treatment will materialise, I’ve only just found out how to receive replies from the spa and nothing yet. Maybe this afternoon or another day. Tom is thinking of trying some archery today and I’d quite like to do a spin class or Zumba. We’ll see how it goes but a little exercise would be great #holiday #Holiday2023 #morocco

Filled up my plate with salads and roasted veggies and only then discovered a while tagine section in the buffet! That will have to wait until tomorrow #holiday #Holiday2023 #morocco

We are through security, where I got very thoroughly frisked. I haven’t been cupped like that by a young lady for many years. Now in the lounge waiting for our gate to be announced and watching the planes coming and going #holiday #Holiday2023

This is a great hotel BUT the water is not hot enough to enjoy a bath which a massive thing to a semi-aquatic creature such as myself. I’m up earlier than I need be because I finally fell asleep but then woke again but I think I’ll feel worse if I let myself go back to sleep and then be woken by my alarm (o curséd sound!). Tom’s still fast asleep. I guess I’m going to get out of this lukewarm water and get dressed. ✈️ in just over four hours! #holiday #Holiday2023

RT @ScarboroughWeb@twitter.com

Thank you Thor the walrus for bringing world attention to our wonderful seaside town. Now let’s see the bookings go through the roof! #ScarboroughUK #Staycation #walrus #Holiday2023 #BookEarly

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64134860

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ScarboroughWeb/status/1609517615755710464

Working, adding more postcards to our store but keep getting distracted looking for our next summer holiday! Could well be #Brittany again or maybe this time, #Ireland.
#holiday #holiday2023 #vacation