From the shoe souks, we went to look at the Arab robes called Djellabas. We bargained here and there without much luck. After visiting several shops and much haggling we bought three for 33 DH apiece. From there we went to look for copper plates. It was a good thing we had a guide because we didn't know our way around and it would have been impossible for us to carry all of our stuff.
Today we ventured into the souks after going to the bank to get our money in small denominations. First we went to the shoe section. About that time we picked up a guide who informed us that we could get them for a lot less if we waited for the auction in the afternoon. Then he said that in another part of the shoe souk we could get them even cheaper. So off we went with him.
From the shoe souks, we went to look at the Arab robes called Djellabas. We bargained here and there without much luck. After visiting several shops and much haggling we bought three for 33 DH apiece. From there we went to look for copper plates. It was a good thing we had a guide because we didn't know our way around and it would have been impossible for us to carry all of our stuff.
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1962 was pivotal. This is the background:
It was a year colored by the Cuban Missile Crisis, an escalating involvement in Vietnam, the Berlin Wall and the Cold War with Russia, Civil Rights issues, a nascent space program, Nelson Mandela in prison, Betty Friedan's, The Feminist Mystique, the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the death of Marilyn Monroe. Archives
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