Hotel Cascade Fes

... here. If you're curious, I'd recommend you Google it. It is like going back in time and was described as the real-life version of Aladdin in our guidebook. The city is the 4th largest in Morocco and was founded in 789 AD - I don't think much has changed since it was founded. It consists of 9,500 streets which look and ...

... shopping or working in a shop, but I didn't see anywhere where the women gather. I asked my guide and he said the women's place was in the Hammams (baths) where they go to cleanse and interact. The newest king is apparently doing a great deal to improve the status of women. They now have equal access to education, greater rights in divorce proceedings, and are required to approve any additional wives. He said that you can now find ...

... In the 'souk' market, we got to see multiple artisans at work. We saw carpets being made, linens, metal lamps, silk, pottery, hair pieces made out of bone, swords, and the famous tannery. If you're a fertilizer aficionado or live in the sewer you would definitely appreciate the tannery and have respect for the tannerists that sludge animal byproduct through leather all day long to make us the fantastic purses, bags ...

... after. Gross! It was then on to Fes and the weather changed dramatically. The two ladies in our group were still without their luggage, lost on the flight over, and were feeling the chill without their extra clothing. We stopped for a view of the old city (Fes El Bali) from the top of the North Borj tower. Very nice I guess on a good day but it was blowing a hoolie and freezing cold so we gritted our teeth while our local guide insisted on making us stand up there while ...

I was in luck this morning the showers were hot, but I don't think the pipes were use to it, because the pipe in my shower burst and I had water spraying everywhere. The campsite we are staying at is just outside Fes, so we attempted to get a bus into the city, but couldn't 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 ...

... society. We learned that in ancient times, Islam espoused the virtues of polygamy and after reform this became only 4 wives who "must be treated equally". Equally badly? Perhaps my view has also been reshaped because last night we interrupted a man who was head-butting his wife in the face in full view on the main street. I'm very glad we came to Morroco. It has been quite an experience and a lot of fun but I'm also glad to be on a plane departing for Germany this afternoon.

... wedding ceremony in which she was happily married to what appeared to be a 13 year old boy. Paul strategically ducked out to go to the "washroom". The medina in Fès is massive. We spent a whole day lost inside. Besides being the hiding place for palaces, the medina is divided into sections dominated by the different traditional trades of Moroccan industry. There are the leather tanneries, blacksmiths, craftsmen, cloth merchants, spice dealers, jewelers and food sellers. These titans of ...