iEARN 2017 Morocco - Conference Diary - Day 4 in pics & links

Teddy Bear Day

Our 2015, 2016 Teddy Bear Experience was presented and I also introduced teacher José Roberto who will carry on the project once I have retired. Of course, I will be available to help and assist the project whenever is necessary. 

Feel free to write us rosegimenes@uol.com.br and jrs22@uol.com.br 

I returned Magali to teacher Carlos Chio from Peru and the diary our kids have written during our english lessons.

 

I also returned who is going back to Australia and Happy Bear who is going back to Taiwan.

My Hero Project

Other projects I attended this day and recommend are My Hero Project www.myhero.com with Cheick Darou Seck from Senegal, iEARN International Book Club https://iearn.org/cc/space-2/group-483 with Helaine W. Marshall, Beyond the Frame: Using Digital Storytelling and Everyday Engineering to Support Virtual Exchange with Lisa Jobson.

The day was closed with a cultural activity, a Moroccan wedding ceremony was enacted by Moroccan delegation. Rose MC from Brasil has also peformed.

 Further conference material can be found on https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4NUtuERsruGOGVoYlc2cUdFMmM and conference pics 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61581733@N05/sets/72157684115378133/

iEARN 2017 Morocco -Conference Diary - Day 3 in pics and links part 2

Lunch Time

Time to have lunch and leave Ourika Valley towards Medina and the Souks

Moroccan cuisine is delicious, specially when you are with friends, soups, salads, main courses, dessert, bread and mint tea http://fescooking.com/the-art-of-moroccan-cuisine

Africa, America and Europe in a cross continental photo represented by Morocco, Brasil and Spain.

Medina, so beautiful, so impressive and so important  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/331 

The souks and medina of Morocco have a way of drawing in visitors to explore the labyrinth of alleys, shops, craftsmen, and life itself.

Again your bargaining skills and a guide can save your life in the universe of Souks, you can easily be swallowed in the labyrinth of tiny and entwined streets and pay an arm and a leg for supermarket items if you're not careful enough. At the same time you can find incredible things, eat good food and enjoy the buzzing of the market. All Morocco can be found here.

 I don't want to stay here, I wanna to go back to Bahia.

This man lived in Brasil and enjoyed a lot this song by Paulo Diniz. It was wonderful to meet him and sing together. 

I wanna to go back to Bahia was one of the greatest success in 70's and is definitely associated to the wave of protest against the military dictatorship that forced many Brazilians to leave the country, among them many artists.

A song of loneliness ~I wanna to go back to Bahia.

One cannot help but love this place.

A world of spices and a few brave folks camel riding.

https://www.worldnomads.com/travel-safety/north-africa/morocco/safety-in-moroccos-souks-and-medina

iEARN 2017 Morocco - Conference Diary - Day 3 in pics & links PART 1

Every iEARN Conference organizes cultural tours on the 3rd day. Ourika Valley was my option. There is a book I read called El Tiempo Entre Costura  or  The Time in Between by Maria Dueñas, the story is set between Spain and Morocco and Ourika Valley, among other places, is mentioned  several times and I was curious to visit. If you're a lit lover as I am I do recommend the book and the TV Series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1864750/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

Landscape from the bus window.

 The best place if you have $$$$$$$ or patience to bargain!

The best bargaining lesson ever!

Fortunately we had a bargaining specialist with us.

If you need a new carpet you're definitely at the right place.

There is always a mint tea set ready for visitors everywhere in Morocco. 

Argan Oil Paradise! 

We visited an argan oil factory where the oil is handmade produced. It is used not only as cosmetic but also in the culinary and medicine. 

A lot of hard work is required to extract the oil from the seeds.

Our friend Yoko Takagi joined the ladies, but not for long. It is a cooperative of women producing argan oil in Ourika Valley

Mint tea is always a friendly welcoming.

Wow, we did so much and it is not lunch time yet. So, we will need a part 2 posting to finish this day. Keep checking the blog. One more link https://www.lonelyplanet.com/morocco/ourika-valley