To be honest, I didn't have very high hopes for Midelt going
in. This small city is not exactly ripe
with tourist attractions or shopping opportunities, but we were blessed with
passionate guides who showed us immense hospitality and truly went above and
beyond to ensure that we enjoyed our time there. L’ hamdu li'llah (Thanks be
to God). Being spoiled for a night with
a GORGEOUS hotel room and elaborate meals and surprise musical performances
didn't hurt either. ;)
This first video is made primarily using music that our
group made together in the form of drumming, along with the Amazigh (Berber)
music that we had the opportunity to listen to later on that evening. The pictures are just a random montage of
pictures from throughout our adventures and are not limited to our journey to
Midelt.
These two lovely doctors are passionate collectors of
fossils and gemstones, and invited us into their home to tour us through their
collection and then took all 15 of us into their home and entertained us for with
drinks, snacks and life tales until it was time to go.
We were also joined by Drs. Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennauji who would be the ones to bring us into the next
chapter of our journey in Fes, the spiritual and cultural capital of
Morocco.
Overall, I feel blessed to have met these individuals as
they were an unexpected gift that lifted our spirits with kindness and enlightened
us through the use of difficult to translate humor.
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