Moroccon Inspiration

Chris Kennedy took a recent trip to Morocco and tells us (and tells us, and tells us) it was totally amazing. The vibrancy of life, the people, the food, the varied terrain, and the weather were all fantastic.

“We visited old medinas with thousands of alleyways and souks with all kinds of things for sale. We went to the ocean, passed over three mountain ranges, had lunch at an oasis with local villagers, visited with nomads who live in hand dug caves in the winter, rode camels through the dunes and spent the night in a luxury tent in the Sahara, bought some carpets made from camel hair, went through stunning gorges, got snowed on in the middle Atlas Mountains, saw Barbary Apes, went to the tanneries in Fes, bargained for souvenirs in the souks, and ate like royalty. The architecture is wonderful and the decorative arts are unsurpassed.”

In the Sahara.

Remains of a kasbah (fortified home).

This modern home in the Majourelle Gardens in Marrakech was restored by Yves Sant Laurent in the 1980’s.

The harbor at the oceanside city of Essaouira on the Atlantic coast.

The minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech.

Carved plaster on the wall of our accommodations in Fes.