Marrakech, the DisneyLand of Morocco

It might have been because we had just come from fes (old, large Medina, non-touristy town) but the easy definition of Marrakech is truly the Disney of morocco (based on my vast one week experience and all of 4 cities thus far to compare it to)

Marrakech is how you picture Morocco. All the buildings are the same red color, modern pottery and tapestry shops, very fancy cacti gardens for the rich and famous, and an authentic hamman (bath house - but try to think of going to the bath when neither your nor the masseuse/salt scrub lady can speak the same language!) The hotels? Right out of sex and the city movie 2. (Not that I'm complaining, I nearly kissed the floor at the Starwood hotel as I entered back into civilization... Okay, it's not THAT clean to kiss... But still) the market was in a large square with the crowds and chaos you would expect. (I don't have any pictures of the market square since I had to leave my camera/phone at home to avoid it being stolen. I'm sure you can google it though!)

I will tell you though that my non-pasty (or as Nathan says "Casper white") skin and the morocco sun finally met. I actually look more like a human than an albino for the first time in months! (I will avoid those pictures too for fear of a lecture from my mom, the nurse. Yes, I wore sunscreen)