Yummi Casablanca

Staying in a hotel next to a fish restaurant has it's advantages and its flaws. The unbelievable smell that emerges from it can be overwhelming, but also soothing at times when you are hungry.

Riad decoration

Recommendation is to stay in a little riad(a pension house), or the small family hotel inside the wall

of Medina(old city).

Sure it gets a little crowded, noisy and smelly, but it guarantees an amazing adventure because its closeness to the streets or simply visiting the market.

Streets of Medina (the older part of the city)

Morroco has many hidden beautiful corners. While you visit all the little shops where the local masters make everything by themselves, it is hard to resist the desire to buy everything and take it home. Amazing ceiling lamps, weeded carpets with a Sahara motive, leather in all sorts of varieties, and many more. So, don't resist and buy as much as possible, don't forget to bargain hard, and you can be sure that you will have some amazing souvenirs and presents that you will never regret buying.

Wonderful colors everywhere you go.












Food in Casablanca is delicious, I don't know if we've been lucky, but it was amazing. The opportunity of having a fish restaurant just next to the hotel is wonderful(those fishy smells are quite appealing during evening times). And ofcourse, experiencing other restaurants in Medina was quite an amazing experience. 

Pastilla with milk

Goath cheese salad

Sights visiting came down to visiting the mosque. It is the only one that lets non-Muslims enter, and it is an amazing site. You could easily get lost inside, while it is 200 meters long and 100 meters wide. Inside it is covered with hand works of all kinds: floor is consisted of beautiful marble in different colors brought to the mosque from all over the Morroco, wals with beautiful carvings in wood and stone, carpets with an amazing patterns. Guarantees a unique experience of the East.

Casablanca's cathedral is something to see. It is all white, and the way vitrages are placed, give you the experience of a different geographical position you have found yourself into. The sun coming from behind the colorful windows makes the white inside blossom with colours. The cathedral is not functional, it serves as a museum. You can also climb the bell tower to have an amazing view on the city, you pay 20 Dirhams to the lovely gentlemen at the door. The tower climbing is a bit scary, don't let the pigeons discourage you.

There is so much Casablanca has to offer, I am sure if we took two weeks for it, it wouldn't be enough, but unfortunately we just had three days. Keeping our wonderful memories and beautiful pictures, we are taking the afternoon train to Fes.

Snow at St.George

Hello,

Snow is something to be loved or not liked at all.

I love it!

I went up the mountain in St.George, a little village not far from the place I live in.

The scenery amazed me, it was beautiful and calm.

There is no snow in the city this year (which is very odd for this time of the year-it is the beginning of the February).

But, in the high places there is plenty.

And it is beautiful- still, silent, peaceful, inviting and magnificent.

For a second, you realize what you really need in this world. At least that's how it is for me.

As I was coming down from the mountain, the scenery was even more beautiful. 

Not really safe to take pictures while driving, but I stopped and turned all four lights on. ;)

Till next time

Raclette in Switzerland

To know the country, you have to get to know its food. That is the most important thing (at least for me).

This dish is amazing...

Raclette. Cheese, boiled potatoes, little cherry tomatoes, onions, garlic, pepper..

RULES:

You basically need this oven, 

put it in the centre of the table, 

light it up until the temperature is right (the temperature should be really high).

Put the whole potatoes in the water and let it boil on the stove.

get your metal plate, 

put cheese on,

add your favorite toppings,

put it in the raclette oven in the middle of the table.

Take your own personal metal plate out of the oven, pour it over your boiled potatoe (mmmmmm), and

BON APETIT.

Switzerland

Hello, Switzerland.

The nature in this beautiful country amazes me. It solely represents the inner tranquility and beauty.

At Ouchy, part of the city of Laussane you can find a lot of sail boats. Practically, every family owns a sailboat or a motorboat and the popular way to spend their spare time is to pull up the anchor and sail the beautiful Lake of Geneva throughout to France.

This is usually done during weekends, because Switzerland working hours take up most of the working day (people are known to work up to 12 hours of week) in every branche.

Yes, wealth is seen at every pace of the way, bit behind that wealth stand a strong system and long working hours.

The cars.

That's a whole different topic for this country. Maybe it is because I come from a country where most of the Jag's, Porches and other beauties are usually driven by spoiled rich sons and daughters woth no actual purpose of being, here there is a lot of people with a lovely car in a garage, and a huge charity donor and don't report to the news papers about their samatarianism. 

This country is full of CHIC people. :)

More in my next posts.

Zurich magic

The Zurich experience was amazing. I expected bad weather and a boring city, but got some wonderful food and funniest night time.

People are great, the chocolates are to die for, the city is not only beautiful, but clean
- i have more of the posts prepared on the topic of Switzerland.

This photo is the magical one.

Amsterdam: canals

As i was roaming through the city of the most beautiful canals, I've stumbled upon these sights I just had to capture:

It was a sunny day, but the clouds started to pile up:

The market:

And this is how you get married in Amsterdam - on a boat driving through the canal with all of your loved ones:

Yes, it was a a special day in a special city!!

Amsterdam: window shopping

Window shops in this amazing city are quite different then any I've ever seen.
Food shops, antique places and even second hand shops give a feast for your eyes with colourfulness and imagination.

And this is my favourite one:

Window shop from a small art gallery...