Riad el Amine Fes
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Fez - and recovery
... to spend a bit on nice accommodation.
Thank goodness after this tiring travel we got to stay with our wonderful rellies in their beautiful home outside Malaga. They cooked us nice food, showed us the sights (including cute Mijas with its lovely views), did 4 loads of laundry for us, fed us vitamins and took Nat ...
Winding alleys and ancient customs
... herbs, foods, woods and metals. Then we are taken to the hidden part of the medina, tiny narrow and pitch dark alleys where people live in quiet and narrow streets. We pass the gates to the oldest university in the world (Kairaouine) started in 1st century and developed by a woman of independent wealth who understood the importance of education. This fact is a great source of pride for the Moroccans. It is also a very large mosque where 20,000 people can pray together. ...
Un Fes'ed
... hole-in-the-wall bakeries and shops. He then showed us one of the 11th C medersas (muslim schools) with marvelous tilework (he described the detail and the special patterning which we would have missed), one of the “farouks” (ancient caravansarai), a silk weaving workshop, and the ancient tannery area. The tannery is breathtaking, in more ways than one. It looks, and smells, just like it would have many hundreds of years ago. The guide turned us over to ...
Fabulous Fes
... other.
As we moved on our way we stopped (one of many times) to check our map. Unfortunately looking at a map or looking at the least bit white and lost you are immediately a target of the “helpful citizens.” This time we were lead astray by a man who took us to his brothers shop where they sell Argon oil. We wasted some time there, but left without giving away any money. After awhile we found ourselves standing in front of the Medersa ...
A Cooking Class in Fes
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... brick and or cobblestone and are lined with vendors on both sides. The walls are no more than 8 feet wide, where donkeys, people, mopeds and in some areas, petite taxis all share the same space. Here is an excerpt from Lowell’s perspective:
"Getting lost in a souk is a given, not just turned around, but jungle lost! I don’t believe that even a Garmin can help you in these cities. Thankfully today we were following Katima and didn’t need ...
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