Asilah - The City of White & Blue

Since we had this weekend off, a group of friends and I went to Asilah, a city which is about an hour from Tanjah by train. We went Sunday morning and afternoon for the beginning of its annual art festival, during which artists come from all around Morocco to paint murals on the city's white walls.

Me in front of the beach at Asilah!

Another beautiful door to add to my collection of door pictures! They have posters here that are made up only of pictures of doors because there are so many gorgeous ones in Morocco :) This one is definitely one of the more intricately decorated I have seen. Most cities in Morocco which are in the old style (small, winding streets with high walls) are painted white or neutral colors with bright colors extending from the ground to about 3 to 5ft up the wall. In other cities like Rabat or the old medina in Tanjah, the range of colors is wide and changes depending on the street, block, house, or wall face, but in Asilah almost all the walls are a pure white with various shades of blue. The effect is certainly striking! My favorite part of this one is the man fishing in the crescent moon, which reminds me of the Dreamworks logo of all things.