Hi Alecia, I think about the Morocco trip you arranged for my family and my dear friend, Esme Thomspons’ daily and always feel like you and Hossaine Amiri deserve huge hugs and thanks for all that you did. Only the tips of my thumbs reveal stains of henna. The rest is grown out. I am saddened to think that much time has passed. I will start working with my University in the fall when I return from this year of sabbatical. I would really love to take a group of students on a pottery and other crafts tour of Morocco…with you at the helm of course. The Safi pottery artist and workshop would add another approach to the pottery we could experience inFes at that Fassis Pottery Cooperative and in Zagora. We enjoy the Berber carpets we purchased from Zagora everyday and all of the other Moroccan crafts and gems. The rose oil from El Kelaa Des Mgouna (The Valley of Roses) is one of the nicest things we purchased. The scent or roses takes me back or Morocco each time I wear it. I do need to say the face scrubber you purchased for me in the local Moroccan souk has given me a new complexion all together. I can hardly believe it. My biggest fear is wearing out the three scrubbers I have. Hopefully they will last until I come back for more. Thank you for being so up-front and personal on our Morocco Tour. Dizzy was talking about those delicious cookies you treated us to. He remembered you calling them “Sweets”! He had never heard someone call a cookie a sweet before. It is funny what people remember from a trip. All of it was simply fabulous! I would recommend Travel Exploration Morocco’s tours to anyone and everyone. I am so glad we had you and Hossaine Amiri leading our way through the Maghreb. The trip wouldn’t have been as great without the comfort of having Hossaine Amiri with us the entire time. Both of you took such good care of us and treated us like family. Every detail was managed with great consideration and respect for both the natives and us as visitors/ guests. You made us feel like honored guests in your country, the Maghreb. I think of it as yours too Alecia even though you are American. I am so glad to hear you are using the plates Esme and I made at the Fes Pottery Cooperative. Thank you again for all. Much Love.

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