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Fes Slideshow
Fes
Travel Blogs from Fes, Morocco
"How about that ride in..."
... we met a really nice man, Abdul, who had family in Roanoke and offered to be our tour guide while we were there (this is typical in Morocco.) He helped us get a taxi to our hostel and we planned to meet him the next day at 10am. We woke up after a ...
Advertising for Dar Seffarine
... with me. The level of service was simply amazing, Dar Seffarine in Fes is a must stay at property for anyone visiting Fes or Morocco. Ok enough of an advertisement for Dar Sefferine. I spent the first night walking around the Medina. Up one side, down ...
Fes with a stop at Volubilis
... - but this was due to amnesia on my part. I forgot that this city was one the capital of Maghreb (arabic word for Morocco). Therefore, it is quite a large city. That evening, after checking into the Hotel de la Paix, we cleaned up and headed off to ...
Stinking tanneries
... find a bus stop and our attempt to flag down buses as they passed didn't work, so we ended up getting a taxi. The Medina in Fes is a maze of winding narrow paths on a much larger scale than any of the other places we have visited. It is a certainty ...
Fes
... at Cascade Hotel which is a bit of a dive, but cheap and in a good location. After a couple of weeks in Morocco your standards of what you consider acceptable in terms of cleanliness and amenities gets re-adjusted downwards quite significantly :) Walked ...
Fes
... in our noses and should have known better. Never in my life did i think i would be in the market to purchase a carpet, however we left Fes with 2 carpets and a huge hole in the wallet. The carpets are very nice and the experience was a lot of ...
Fes - a minefield of souks
Fes was next. There was more wandering around the souks, it was more maze like than Marrakesh, skinnier & darker alleys. You were wise to stick close to our tour leader or face being lost forever!! We visited the "tour approved" ...
Fes
... . A last time to have a relaxing moment outside and after a short time the aircraft takes off and our fairytale ends. Anyway, Morocco is a country rich of things to see and surely deserves another visit. See ya there;). --- Advice: - French is not ...
Medina action
We arrived off the bus absolutely exhausted, nightbus always sounds like such a good idea until you have to get up without having slept at all. So we asked a taxi driver to take us into the medina (using all 6 of our Fench words) he flatly refused and ...
Regroup
... though we did see some beautiful things around. So, lacking much more to write about, here are some random thoughts and facts (?) about Morocco: - Not every woman hides her hair here, but most do. And I found it impressive how much loose hair could draw ...
A great day in Fez
SHE SAID: Today is our last day in Morocco. We woke up excited to explore Fez and a bit sad that we would be leaving for spain the following morning. On the way out of the hotel for the medina we were approached by an "official" guide asking to ...
Festy Fes
Struggled a lot to enjoy this place. possibly getting weary after 3weeks in Morocco but still without a doubt the most hassly city in our whole trip. most of the people wanting to show us around the medina we were able to politely discourage, ...
Fes - Men Without Hats
... car was a sterling idea. Because of it, and because I have had people to share the cost with, I have seen more sides to Morocco than I could have imagined. Toyota, Hertz, Kat, Dave, Mike, Linda - I salute you all. The others are going all out schwanky ...
"Break-fast" For Dinner
Today we stayed in our surprisingly cool room until lunch time, giving Fes enough time to wake up from the Ramadan festivities from the night before. On our way into the Medina we stopped off in the Jewish Quarter to see the Ibn Danan Synagogue which has ...
The art of relaxation
... beer (Flag Dutch beer brewed in Casablanca) but they had cold wine too! So having supped a cold beer and half a bottle of Morocco's finest rose wine each, we promptly fell asleep. It was 8.45. Today we rode to Fes, a pretty easy 65kms. On ...
Jun 14, 2010
Morocco Part II: More days, more dirhams
The next day we quickly got onto a train bound for Fes, the cultural and symbolic heart of Morocco. On the train, we were fortunate enough to strike up a conversation with Ahmed, an accountant at an oil refinery who spoke great English. The Medina of Fes ...
a thank you to our sponsors...
well, there you have it. the ride is complete...nearly (i will be teaching classes on Wednesday, you should be on the section "How to Write-off Enlightenment this Tax Season" if you have been following your syllabus). As always, i,d like to use this ...
Our last full day in Morocco
... overwhelming maze of stalls and shops.Fez is the largest medieval city in the Islamic world with at least 1 million people. It is Morocco's first world heritage site and the biggest car free urban environment. You still have to be careful not to be run ...
So Continues...Around The World In Twenty Years
... of variations, tended by 3 leering teenage boys who looked more than willing to recommend size and style. As for our room, well, Morocco heralds the return to squat toilets for us, something we've truly missed, as you might have guessed. It took me ...
Nuit
Mzian, mzian, safi. Seir, seir, seir thlaab. SEIR THLAAB. Incha Allah. Seir thlaab. [bien, bien, ça suffit maintenant. Vas t'en, vas t'en, dégage. DEGAGE. Oui c'est ça, à la grâce de Allah. Degage.] I'm no punk i'm just raging. Dans les ...
Tanning the hide
I left off at Meknes on our way to Fes....and what an afternoon. Arriving in Fes it was freezing cold and absolutely pouring down with rain (something I hadn't really seen in a very long time, living in a desert and all) and with it being feast day ...
Feast Day - Eid
Spent the morning wandering the very deserted streets. Today was the first day of the feast, and although the last few days we saw the locals preparing for this feast, buying and selling sheep to be slaughtered for the feast, preparations, ...
Medina Maze In Medievil Imperial City
... , natural perfume oils and all kinds of other things in the Bazaar. Being the spiritual capital of Morocco, there are 350 mosques in Fes. The mosques had ornate doors and hardwear; most were painted or intricately carved and nearly all had that ...
Fes Vegas
... : "Where are you from?" "Canada" "Oh Canada! Toronto! Montreal! Vancouver! Stephen Harper!... How long are you staying in Morocco?" "Don't know... Just deciding as we go" which was a total lie because we knew exactly when our flight leaves Casablanca. We ...
Where am I? Fes!
... our president elect was schooled in one). This building was touted by the guide as the single most beautiful building in Morocco. It certainly was the single most beautiful building we had been in so far and was like a mini-Alhambra complete ...
Biking
... --------------------------------- J'AI MAL AUX JAMBES. ------------ Ah non. Trop mal ------------------------------------------------------------ QUOI ? Comment ça Fes dans 100 kilomètres ? On étaient pas rendus à 80 vla une heure ??? ...