March - April 2012....Play Time

Well Finn,

Obviously you’ll have worked out the sense within the phrase “All Work and no play, makes jack a dull boy!” We may not be the best examples of this and in retrospect, perhaps many of the issues we have today relate to the sheer intensity and impact of working so relentlessly for four years, with very little break.

But now we are trying to make the most of our time. It’s difficult as TBH even with the end of the chantier, completing the finishing of Dar Finn and learning about and nuancing our marketing strategy, has been pretty consuming. But my god it’s a hell of an improvement on having a building site filled with the madness of multiple mwalem.

Now everyone needs time out, big and small, and this has been the start of your holidays from school. We try to organise things for you and us to do, but actually Fez really isn’t too child friendly and frequently, time off from school is also when people go home, wherever that may be. 

Added to that, invariably there are differences in the times of yours and your other friends holidays. We’ll eventually get better at your holidays and when the weather improves, maybe we’ll be able to go camping.  I hope so.

But of course there are other ways of letting off steam. One of these is sport, which I must admit I’m not excelling in as yet, but I’ve got my eye on my bike and with summer will come the chance of swimming.

However what Fez does do very well is…party. Both our friends and the palatial nature of even the smallest house here, yet alone the larger and more stunning riads, make amazing locations for a party.  

Thus when Dominic called for a fancy dress party around the theme of 1,001 nights, we gladly engaged with the concept. Now parties are like people. Some people enjoy the opportunity to chat with friends and other people like to ……well let’s just say, cut loose. Each to their own, but typically, it was a great event.

Of course another great opportunity is to mix adults and young people in partying and my hand goes up to Vincent and Vanessa for hosting a Easter Egg Hunt for Easter Sunday. 

What a success it was. We all brought dishes, Vincent managed an amazing home made BBQ , built from an old oil drum, (which could be a very useful addition to our house, Dar Finn or even Tours Around Fez) and Vanessa organised the fun and games for kids and adults alike

 

Again, I have to say, what a great event. It’s at times like these, when we all get together and just hangout, making the most of the places that we live in and have access to, by the sheer nature of living in Fez and Morocco, that we all get to relax a bit and appreciate how lucky we are, and how lovely our friends here are. 

  

Thanks guys xxxx