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Exploring Fez
Mohammed, riad manager, takes us to Ain Chaggag. Wait there for public bus. Watch local scenery. Typical African small town. Figs being sold on sidewalk. Small fruit market on street corner. Can't communicate with anybody. Wait 40 min for bus. Get on bus and harassed by drunk man who wants dollars from us but three locals quickly escort him out of he bus - Merci! Bus ...
Winding alleys and ancient customs
... would choose. Bruce decides to test the water and starts asking prices. The seller becomes excited, pursues Bruce. Shock me with an offer, he says. I think we will never get out of there. After a while, Bruce has had his fun and explains that I am in charge of the money and because I say so we can't buy a carpet! Next stop the weavers. We watch them weave fabric from silk, cotton and wool. This appeals to me more but I have bought too many pashminas in Asia, I can't buy any ...
Un Fes'ed
... few minutes to realize that we already had a very satisfying and easy look at the Fes medina, and we are pretty thoroughly souked out for good.
So… another petit taxi back to the campground through rush hour traffic (glad not to be driving) and a relaxing evening with time to post this entry.
We had planned 2 days in Fes, but are feeling satisfied enough that we will set off for the Roman ruins of Volubilis, near Meknes, tomorrow, then the ferry back to Spain the next ...
Fabulous Fes
... the largest tannery in the medina. It was impressive and we got a whole lesson on how to tell the difference between camel, goat, cow and sheep leather. Also it was interesting to find out the yellow is the most expensive because the dye is made from Saffron. Guillaume and I bought some sandals in the attached shop.
After that the nice man lead us to a shop that gave a full explanation of the Argon tree and oil (I couldn’t tell you how to get there if I ...
A Cooking Class in Fes
This is a top pick!
... lost. None of the 9,000 streets travel in a straight line, some go underground, some just end at a door. There are no street signs and even when there are, they are obviously in Arabic. But like Stacey said, at least today we had Katima who acted as a laser beam in the dark. She walked with purpose and found her preferred stalls in an instant. We purchased vegetables by the kilo for cheap, nearly 20lbs of vegetables combined with the lamb and chicken, cost all ...
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