We didn't sleep well last night. After the events of that night, travelling, and the fact that our bed clothes were a bit damp we felt very tired this morning. After a shower (our bathroom has no door) we headed to the courtyard for breakfast. We had pancakes, bread, cake, and two tangine style containers that we thought we sheeps eyes or goats b******s or something. It turns out one was marmalade and the other was jam.

After breakfast we headed out to the main square to check out what all the fuss was about with the souks. Man, this is the most awesome market I have ever seen. Shops everywhere, from nice UK-street style looking shops to tiny holes in the wall with people selling spoons and random plants. We got lost quite a few times but you always seem to find your way back to the main square again! A guy got us into his stall and started putting scarves around amy. After throwing lots of numbers at us we said we'd look around then head back again, which we never did. These people are very very persistant and your best bet is to just say no, i'll come back later, or I already have one. French is very widely spoken out here I don't think we used our badly learnt arabic phrases once.

We came across a stall selling wall hangings and Amy liked the look of them for something for our house (when we get one). The guy offered us 600 dirham which is around £50. After bartering (something you HAVE to do here or you'll get ripped off) we got him down to 350 dirham (£30). Another good tactic is to have a price in mind, and go for it. If they say no, walk away and say youll have a look somewhere else. You only have to count 5 steps before they call you back for a lower price, if not the one you suggested. We also bought a little lute/guitar thing for 70D (was 120D) and a scarf for half price. Awesome bartering, we're getting the hang of it now. We also had some really nice freshly squeezed orange juice for 3 dirham each (25p!) at our friend no. 49. All the souks here have a number which the people are keen you remember.

After grabbing some bread and butter (to dip, lol) we headed back to our lovely riad for lunch. Then hit the main square. This place is amazing, full of story tellers, fortune tellers, snake charmers, musicians, you name it. Be careful though, the second you stop is the second you become the audience, and the second you'll be chased for money. We got stopped by a henna tattoo artist who grabbed Amy's hand and said here is a freebie. She ended up doing the whole thing and demanded 600 dirham (£55ish). This work took around a minute to do. So we said no and tried to walk off when another lady came over and start arguing with us too! We ended up giving 120 dirham which is about £10. Something we weren't happy about afterwards but we were new to this game. Amy is a primary school teacher and it wouldn't be professional to go in with a tattoo on her hand (we didnt think of this before hand! - nice pun), so we rushed back to the riad to wash it off. It had stained a funny orange colour!

We went back into the square and wandered around. We didn't get hassled much by anyone else its the henna tattooists who are the most persisitent. We then went back into the souks again and a guy wanted to show us how dyes and fabrics are made. We said we weren't going to pay for anything (lack of money) and he said don't worry it's free, it's free. Fair enough, so we saw the big black room where the dyes are made by heating from something (not sure) then looked at the various dyes and how they put them into fabric. The guy then wanted us to buy something and got rather cross when we said no. This was now getting quite disheartening, we thought he was a guy showing some people how stuff is made, no, its another money orientated thing. After another trip around the souks dodging taxis motorbikes, donkeys and horses and saying 'no merci' and 'la shokran' many times over, we went back to the riad and chilled out on the terrace for a bit.

We wanted to go for dinner at a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the square, which we found, ate there, then wandered around the square at night. At night the square really comes alive with musicians and people chilling out, the same henna artists and snake charmers etc. But the best part was the huge outdoor restaurants. Lights everywhere, people sitting on benches at all the different cuisines there on offer, soaking up the atmosphere. Me and Amy wished we were more adventurous with food! We got more supplies then headed in to the riad to sleep around 11. Tonight we attempted to dry our damp bed clothes by hanging them on the wardrobe doors and using a hairdryer. Fun stuff! Good day,today.