You cannot go to a medina and souk without seeing the snake charmers. I had expected them to be in baskets, or boxes, or some kind of container, but that is not the case. They’re just right out on the pavement, their handlers kicking at them to make them rise up and spread their hoods.

Ryan was very … brave? and got rather close for some pictures and a video.

The snake he is holding is considered harmless, but he was told the cobras and the viper still all had their venom sacs. I definitely would not have been holding any kind of snake, and I kept a good distance from the venomous ones.

In the souks we found a few items to bring home, but mostly just enjoyed the experience of an open-air market. Since it’s a weekend, there were many tourists over from Europe soaking up the sun before heading home to the cold and damp of winter on the European continent.

A green-signed McDonald’s offered up fried cheese and water before we went to a grocery store for a few snacks for tomorrow’s trip into the Atlas Mountains.

We finished the day with traditional tajine dinner. Unfortunately I was hungry enough that I forgot to take a picture before I snarfed it down.

Tomorrow we’re off to the mountains and a couple traditional Berber villages.

Philosophical conversation of today regarded the ethics of jaywalking in areas where jaywalking is illegal.