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!Marruecos!
... Gibraltar around 8 am. Luckily, it was smooth sailing with a sunny and clear sky for the hour long crossing. We then continued south and arrived in the city of Fes 8 hours later.
Helpful Hints: a Guide to Fes:
1. Don't get lost in the Medina. The next day we visited the Medina, a market consisting of more than 9,000 streets and alleyways, 40% of which are dead-ends. The best way to describe the Medina is as a labyrinth: the ...
Ftur x3
... the name of the meal with which you break the all day fast) adding his 10 year old son to keep me company and practice his french. Though I've been thinking in french these days, my confidence in my ability to speak it still wanes and I'm not about to pretend I can teach anyone how to converse in french. Still, Papa wanted Samir to sit with me. After I ate my harira (delicious, spicy lentil soup), dates, and cookie-like-thingies, Samir proudly showed ...
A medieval maze
... disappointing. Not because it was not cooked well but for some reason all I could taste was the smell from the Tannery that we just visited.
The afternoon we did more exploration though the alleyways and after a sweet mint tea and for some a Nss Nss (Half coffee, half milk), making a wish in the wall (which to be honest I was laughing so much I forgot to wish!), I was quite happy to take my few purchases and head back to the hotel and put my feet ...
Meet the scammers
... until at a subsequent station we are joined by a Moroccan guy who introduces himself to us as Danny. Danny is probably late twenties and tells us he has an Australian girlfriend who works for ConTiki and that he himself is starting a travel agency. He has many tips for us about how we should get around Fez - don't trust the Riad, the Riad will only tell you what they want you to know etc. He knows someone who can help.....blah blah blah. He is trying ...
The Road to Fes
... columns, stairs, buildings and rooms and got an amazing feel for the ancestory of the site.
Further on our drive, we had a brief stop in Meknes. There we saw some of the grand and beautiful architecture of the city, which was founded in the 11th century. We had a late lunch there and were once again so taken with the food.
We drove onto Fes, taking in more of the local scenes along the way. Once we ...


