Day 4 - Beginnings of a story?

Tues Apr 10

Met again by Said and Director at 8:45, went to athletic practice at activity center that all the athletes attend. We were unable to shoot for first 20 minutes, security problems relating to gov't buildings being nearby, missed some of Hasna running. Shot some footage of running, long jump, but nothing we liked very much. Apparently she practices here Thursday as well as today, so we'll hope for that to be better.

Afterwards, drove 30 minutes out past Salé to the Morocco Center for handicapped people, where Hasna practiced table tennis for an hour, which we shot. I played the coach for a few minutes. We then a drove short distance to local artesian shops, where a lot of pottery was being sold, as well as various other craft type things. Walked around for ~2 hours, Director wanted to make sure we saw everything there was to see. Got to see pottery being made, saw raw clay --> finished pots. Pots drying in sun. Got some nice shots of man painting pottery. Great light. Can we do a photo story here? Made some purchases, vases, bowls, straw hanging baskets.

Headed back to Rabat about 3pm for lunch at a delicious restaurant, brochette sandwiches, lemon Fanta. 64 Dirham. Taxi to hotel, then picked up at 5:15 for more scene setting shots of the city. Afterwards, we were taken to a cafe that overlooked the river, facing towards the Hassan Tower / Mausoleum, and we drank some mint tea. Returned to hotel about 7:30. Tomorrow we'll go to Hasna's house at 8 am, so that means up at 6:30...