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Voloubis and getting to Fez
... markets. After lunch we arrived at the 2 century AD Roman city of Volubis\!After lunch we arrived at the 2 century AD Roman city of Volubis! This place was so impressive. A whole city in the ruins of the flat land next tot he Riff mountains.
We spent a couple of hours enjoying the arches, columns, walls, mosaics etc... The complex was so huge I could have stayed there all day but ...
Camel for dinner?
... 8217;s a very big Jewish cemetery here, with stark white long, semi-circular mounds indicating the graves. One area contained more than 60 very small graves of children, who’d all died from an outbreak of cholera in the area. Larger tombs belonged to rabbis and another to a 14yr old girl who wouldn’t convert to Islam or accept the advances of a Tangier governor and had her throat cut.
Jewish homes in the area were located in a long, ...
The Best of the Moroccan Cities We Visited
... and trying to lead the way, for a small fee of course.
We were so close but ultimately, without the final clue to continue past the construction as the street begins to narrow, we doubted ourselves and stopped prematurely. In the end, we gave up the name of the Riad and allowed the kid to escort us. We were astonished that he kept his word and didn't ask for money but as soon as we resurfaced to the streets after dropping our ...
Battling Fes Medina
... 50 euro).
George and I bought a Fes hat – has to be done in Fes, and Lucky and Kendra got caught when looking at buying some Jelabas. Lucky bought his and looked like the Grim Reaper when he had it on, but Kendra wasn't interested in hers despite it looking great on her.
Getting the munchies we started looking for some street food and found the butchering section. There ...
Balak!!
... easy.
And be careful, at any minute, a man can run past you in his flip flops, yelling, with a severed camel head in each hand, looking rushed because, from the way he was running, apparently those things are heavy.
What the Guide Books got Right – Just about everything. ``Fez Encounter`` by Lonely Planet is the shortest/smallest (and maybe only) guide book for Fez but it nails everything. Do ...

