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A.F.R.I.C.A
... squeezed orange juice and coffee. We left for the medina at 8:30am and arrived shortly after outside of a large wall that housed over 7,000 streets and alleyways of the infamous Fes medina. Our guide was a jolly old Moroccan man who’s English was surprisingly very solid! He warned us that we better all stick together because if one of us got lost it would take years to find us with all the nooks and alleyways that made up the Medina.
Once ...
La Tourista in Fes :-)
I slept like a baby after the Hamam but when I woke up I felt like I had been drinking last night. I really didn't feel very well and spent most of the morning between bed and the toilet.
After a few hours, I started to feel better so I headed to the Nouvellle ville and more precisely to the train station to get my ticket to Marrakech. I will be leaving at 2.30am Wednesday morning. I then walked around the New town but there is not much to see to ...
Fes, saying 'no' to strangers
... sometimes, just because I couldn't do anything else. Dori seemed to get the worst of it when it was her turn though. A very small, sweet lady asked if she wanted a massage, but when she agreed the sweet woman was replaced with a huge boss of a lady, who continually shouted at everyone in the hammam whilst giving the massage. It was apparently extremely painful.
Later in the day, Dori bought some earings and hand-made cosmetics and I bought ...
Fez is a Hat, the City is Fes
... features tall, narrow buildings with shops on the ground floor and living space above.
After our walking tour, we drove to the outskirts of Fe's to learn about its famous blue and white ceramics. Watching the process from working the clay to fashioning beautiful pots, and seeing skilled craftsmen shape small tiles into elaborate tables and fountains was amazing. While I wanted to buy it all, sanity prevailed and ...
Fes, ou la tentation de l'artisanat!
... avait dit... du moins jusqu'à maintenant! On mange bien et beaucoup, et on prend le thé tout en prenant ça relax! La belle vie quoi!
D'autres nouvelles sous peu, il nous reste encore deux jours complets à Fes et puis, départ pour Marrakech. De là, on aimerait bien aller voir le Sahara et Ouarzazate en passant par le Haut Atlas et ses montagnes qu'on dit magnifiques. On verra bien, inch ...


