{"id":606,"date":"2012-03-01T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T13:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/?p=606"},"modified":"2013-02-15T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:06:21","slug":"alech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"Alech?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An der marokkanischen Atlantikk\u00fcste liegt die Hafenstadt Essaouira. Vom arabischen souirah f\u00fcr Bild oder Zeichnung abgeleitet, ist der ganze Ort voller Bilder. Sie verhelfen Essaouira zum Ruf einer K\u00fcnstlerstadt. Nach den Hippies kamen Intellektuelle und K\u00fcnstler und mischen sich in das arabische Leben. In der wei\u00dfen Medina mit ihren verwinkelten Gassen findet man mit etwas Gl\u00fcck das <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essaouira-alech.com\" target=\"_blank\">Riad Alech<\/a><\/em>. Das Haus aus dem 18.Jahrhundert, wurde mit viel Respekt und Feingef\u00fchl renoviert.<br \/>\nDas ist dem franz\u00f6sischen Architekten Daniel und seiner Frau Bouchra zu verdanken. Die originalen Fliesen wurden erhalten und f\u00fcr die W\u00e4nde Tadelakt, ein klassischer marokkanischer Kalkputz, verwendet. Jedes Zimmer ist liebevoll eingerichtet und an der Wand h\u00e4ngen Daniels Bilder. \u00dcberall frische Blumen und die jeden Abend entz\u00fcndeten Kerzen entf\u00fchren einen in eine andere Zeit. Vier Zimmer werden vermietet und man kann sich wirklich als Gast f\u00fchlen!<br \/>\nHeute lebt das Ehepaar einige Monate des Jahres hier, in ihrer Heimat, und einige Monate in der Provence. Der Name des Riads ist Alech. Das ist das arabische Wort f\u00fcr warum. Warum? Auf der Dachterrasse stehend, mit Blick auf das Meer und in den strahlend warmen, blauen Himmel an einem Tag im Januar stellt sich mir die Frage \u00fcberhaupt nicht!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#english\">english<\/a><a name=\"back\"><\/a><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-606 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/?attachment_id=1077'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_1\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_1\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg 874w, http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_1\u00a9petra_stockhausen-653x435.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br 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src=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_10\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_10\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg 874w, http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_10\u00a9petra_stockhausen-653x435.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/?attachment_id=1087'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_11\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_11\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg 874w, http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_11\u00a9petra_stockhausen-653x435.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/?attachment_id=1088'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_12\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_12\u00a9petra_stockhausen.jpg 874w, http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/alech_12\u00a9petra_stockhausen-653x435.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h1>Alech?<\/h1>\n<p><a name=\"english\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Situated on the Moroccan Atlantic coast is the port city of Essaouira. From the Arab souirah derived from\u00a0picture or\u00a0drawing, the\u00a0whole place is full of pictures. They help to give Essaouira the reputation of an artists&#8216; town. After\u00a0the hippies,\u00a0came the intellectuals and artists\u00a0mixing into the Arab\u00a0life. \u2028In the white\u00a0Medina, with\u00a0its angled turns and with\u00a0a little luck the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essaouira-alech.com\" target=\"_blank\">Riad\u00a0Alech<\/a><\/em> can be found. The 18th century house was renovated\u00a0with\u00a0respect\u00a0and sensitivity.<br \/>\nThis is\u00a0to thank the French architect\u00a0Daniel and\u00a0his wife Bouchra. The original tiles were used for the walls along with tadelakt, a traditional Moroccan lime plaster.\u2028 Each room is carefully furnished with Daniels&#8216; pictures hanging on the walls. Fresh flowers and lit candles are everywhere, transporting you to a bygone era every evening.\u2028 Four rooms are to be rented\u00a0and there one can\u00a0really feel\u00a0like a guest! Currently the couple spend a few months of the year here and the rest of the year in Provence.\u2028 The name\u00a0of the Riad is\u00a0Alech.\u00a0This\u00a0is the Arabic\u00a0word for\u00a0why.\u00a0Why?\u00a0Standing\u00a0on the rooftop terrace, overlooking\u00a0the sea and\u00a0in\u00a0the bright\u00a0warm, blue\u00a0sky on a\u00a0day in the middle January\u00a0this question doesn\u2019t occur to me at all!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#back\">pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An der marokkanischen Atlantikk\u00fcste liegt die Hafenstadt Essaouira. Vom arabischen souirah f\u00fcr Bild oder Zeichnung abgeleitet, ist der ganze Ort voller Bilder. Sie verhelfen Essaouira zum Ruf einer K\u00fcnstlerstadt. Nach den Hippies kamen Intellektuelle und K\u00fcnstler und mischen sich in das arabische Leben. In der wei\u00dfen Medina mit ihren verwinkelten Gassen findet man mit etwas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essaouira"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theinsighter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}