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So two Americans and two Kuwaitis walk on a train
... back to the hotel, grabbed my bags, and walked the short two blocks to the train station. I had made perfect timing. Not knowing when the train to Fes was to arrive, I got my ticket and was standing waiting for the train with just 10 minutes to spare before the train came. This time I got a first class ticket to ensure that I would have a seat on the train. As the train pulled up to the platform, I made my way to the one and only first class coach. Most of ...
Frantic Fes
... rooms, FREE hot showers and a roof top restaurant with a balcony that overlooked the busy streets below.
After settling into our room and unpacking our bags, we caught a late breakfast (~11:30) at the roof top restaurant. We had a massive breakfast, all for the price of 2 euros! Breakfast consisted of pancakes with golden syrup, pan au chocolat, a muesli yogurt, fresh orange juice and the strongest mint tea I'd ever had (literally had half the mint plant in my ...
Minarets in the morning aqueducts in the afternoon
... knowledge of Roman history is Asterix and Obelix, and last I checked, "Asterix chez les berbčres" doesn't exist. Oh well. Hey - maybe I could send the idea to Uderzo... A project for another day, anyhow.
Anyhow, we made it to Fes early that evening (a 2-night stop and... a hotel with wifi!), had drinks and snacks, went out for dinner, and got ready for the next day when we would try and conquer Morocco's largest ...
The Fes Market
... that hasn't changed in hundreds of years. Jack, and Mark and I watched for a long time in amazement and in an effort to commit their work to our memory. It is hard to know if we succeeded, but leaving there, I felt I'd never look at leather the same way again.
I'm not sure if the girls were sharing my thoughts, but they had moved back into the store and were each keen to buy a leather jacket. At any rate, having seen the men work, Mark and ...
Fes, Morocco - our final city
... and a shout from the driver often being the first we know of their approach.
The jewel of Fes is undoubtedly the Medersa (school) Bou Anania and rightly considered one of the finest in existence. When the Sultan was presented with the accounts of the building of this magnificent construction, he tore up the paperwork declaring “Beauty is not expensive, whatever the sum may be. A thing which pleases man cannot be paid too dear.” A sentiment echoed by every wife ...



