When we stopped in Ifrane for a break, we wandered into a small restaurant that served sweet chocolate pastries and strong Moroccan coffee.
Sitting at the table next to mine in a small Moroccan coffee shop on the Upper West Side, they were discussing "Wuthering Heights," too loudly, having the kind of reference-laden conversation that unfortunately never fails to attract me.
Laura Weatherbee, top, also 29, bought her bookshelf, chair and picture frames at Ikea; Adam Greco, above left, 25, used vintage Indonesian fabric on the bed and a vintage Moroccan coffee table.
Moroccan coffee is strong, short and served with spices; it can be ordered with sugar (wa sukkar), or without (bla sukkar); if you want a French-style cup, ask for café noir (black) or café au lait (with milk).
The experiment cost Carle his smartphone, television, refrigerator (all made in China), his spectacles (Italian), his underpants (Moroccan), morning coffee (Guatemalan) and his adored David Bowie music (British).
A traditional Moroccan breakfast — coffee, pastries, feta, olives and abundantly fresh orange juice — is included, from 70 euros, about $92 at $1.31 to the euro, a room, to be paid in cash on arrival (dirhams accepted too).
She inserted a thick Moroccan Berber rug under the coffee table and two stools, but not under the sofas, to center the seating area.
Sunday brunch (11am-3pm) costs 90 dirham (£6.75) – tuck into date and banana smoothie or orange juice, coffee, tea and Moroccan pancakes served with amlou (argan oil, honey and almond paste) that's a deluxe version of peanut butter.
Over a traditional Moroccan breakfast of sweet milky coffee and pitta filled with cheese and honey, Tizguine's face contorts with anger as he recounts what he and other locals refer to as the "collective punishment" meted out to them.
I also take back French coffee Carte Noir, Moroccan Mint Tea, white honey, dark blue Myrtilles jam, Breton cookies and gift boxes of Dark chocolate truffles from Pierre Roger.
On the long block of Steinway Street that runs north from 30th Avenue, Egyptian and Moroccan immigrants have staked their claims, opening coffee shops, specialty food stores, pastry shops and restaurants.
