Casabarata Souk and Grand Souk
Our Airbnb host recommended that we visit the Casabarata Souk rather than the Grand Souk, as it would be less touristy. I had mentioned that Chris had an interest in oriental rugs and the host thought it would be a good place to look. In my opinion it was mostly junk. But it certainly was less touristy and I think met the requirements for being "the unbeaten path." While we were wandering through, it started to rain. We ducked into a pottery shop (one place that was NOT selling junk) and the vendor kindly let us sit out the rain storm there. It ended up raining all day, but we eventually extracted ourselves from his shop. I've been impressed at how kind, friendly, and helpful people are here. When we were looking for a food shop the first night, I spoke in French with a woman who guided us to the shop. She did ask for some money for her troubles - and we were glad to oblige! Of course people are friendly because we're spending money in their country, but I lived in a...