786. Morocco Part 13 | Ceramics and Rug Shopping

Fes is the capital of arts and culture in Morocco, and it's easy to see why. I really love their style of decor here. It's all very colourful, a bit whimsical and primarily handmade. Even the buildings in the medina and little alleyways have a lot of paintings.

My favourite souvenirs from here are the ceramics. The rugs are also very beautiful. If I was in the market for one I would definitely want to get it here. I prefer their style to Persian rugs which I don't really like to be honest. The Moroccan ones are more modern (but timeless) with more colours and images.

We visited this rug store set inside a huge riad. Their rooms were piled up with rugs of all sizes. I think there must have been tens of thousands. The entire riad was covered in mosaics. It was all very beautiful and detailed.

We were also brought to the rooftop to see the view

We also visited this ceramics factory. This man is preparing the clay.

Artisans at work.

Every piece of the mosaics are made by hand. They are used for the tables behind or walls and floors. I can't imagine how many hours are spent to make one table (or to cover an entire riad).

Half finished. I assume they go through different layers of paint.

I love/wanted to buy EVERYTHING!!

Finished pieces

In the end, we ended up buying these (+ 1 other thing not shown in the picture). It took me quite a long time to choose and narrow down what I wanted, and also to haggle down the price lol. The tajine is for cooking with and a gift for my mom. It's pretty heavy. I wonder why tajines are not more popular worldwide. I really love them. The factory shipped everything back to Toronto for us as there's no way we could lug these around in our suitcases lol.

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678. "Recent" Life | September and October 2018

Now that I've FINALLY posted all the "daily" posts from our summer vacation, I can get back to these recent life posts hahah. Although I can't say most of the photos are exactly as recent anymore. This will be a summary of September and October. In the next post I'll do November. Then it will be daily posts from our winter vacation that we are leaving for in just a few days!! We will first fly to Iceland and spend several days there. Then we go to Spain to spend Christmas with my boyfriend's family. Then for new year's we will go to Amsterdam.

In the photo above are all the different cities we went during our summer trip. I love these polaroid shots. Can't wait to add a few more to the collection with this upcoming trip :)


Some souvenirs from our summer trip..the best trip I've ever been on!


An outfit I bought in Athens.


Back in Toronto when it was still summer..drinking sangrias on the patio.




A dinner at Miku.


I can't remember the name of this restaurant unfortunately :( I just remember it was a small and cozy French restaurant. We had a 5-course tasting menu.



On Thanksgiving weekend, we went to my dad's house for dinner and to stay the night. They were dog-sitting this English Bulldog. She was so happy and active. We went for a walk in this forest close by.


Then at night we went to Wonderland's "Halloween Haunt". It was my first time going. I really loved it!



Dinner at Cluny Bistro


Our anniversary dinner at Le Select Bistro



Dinner at One


d|bar at the Four Seasons




Dinner at Don Alfonson




Dinner at Ricarda's. I really loved this place!







At the Shangri-La lobby bar




Beginning my obsession with Cafe Landwer and their shakshukas.






I know sometimes I get behind on my recent life posts but not months behind hahha. It was nice to go back through all the photos and remember those days/moments though. That's mainly the reason why I enjoy blogging (over a longer term). November post to come in the next few days!

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