Tuesday, February 18 – Marrakech

After my busy day yesterday, I’m enjoying a leisurely morning at the riad.

I thought I’d do a little exploring outside of the markets today, more of the city center of Marrakech.

Cyber ​​Park Arsat Moulay Abdeslam is a large green space located near the markets.

Portions of the park are encircled by the remains of the Walls of Marrakech. The walls date back to the early 12th century.

My throat was feeling a little scratchy this morning, so I thought I’d be proactive and stop by a pharmacy to pick up some NyQuil. The pharmacies in Morocco (and many other countries) are not like those in the U.S., where products like NyQuil are available in the store for customers to select and purchase. Here you need to speak to a clerk, after which they will retrieve the item for you from behind the counter. I figured language might be an issue (it was), so I used my phone to bring up an image of NyQuil to show the pharmacist. That seemed to do the trick, as he brought me some medicine that appeared to be similar to what I was looking for. And it only cost 15 dirham ($1.50). Great! Thank you!

Well, after I got back to the riad I did a little research and discovered what he actually gave me was cough medicine. Oh well! I’ll give it a try.

I was feeling kind of tired today; only ended up spending about 4 1/2 hours roaming around (still did 18k steps!). I decided to head back to the riad for a late afternoon tea (included as part of my daily room rate).

Kind of a boring day, I know. But I enjoyed the relaxed pace!