Fez

Travel for five months with a 3 year old? Are we crazy? We can't wait to find out.

... and what it lacks in sights of great religious significance it makes up for in atmosphere and authenticity.  Also like Jerusalem, Fez has a thoroughly modern and rather standard Ville Nouvelle outside the old city walls to address the modern needs of ...

... literally, of course) in the Fez medina, which is the largest medina in Morocco, if not the world, with over 9,000 alleyways. Fez, the capital of Morocco's first Arab dynasty, was founded by Idriss II in 807 AD. Idriss also founded the medina, which is a ...

... . Hours were spent getting lost in the winding souks, drinking litres and litres of orange juice, and trying the speciality of Fez; pastille, which tunred out to be a beautiful flaky layerd pastry filled with chicken, all topped off with cinnamon and ...

... tried to get the ice cream for an additional 10% off making the price $.09.  Ok that didn't happen.  We liked both fez and marrakesh very much and appreciated the lack of tourists in Fez and it felt more like a real working city as well.  ...

... is amazing to watch this intricate and difficult work being accomplished by human hands. Returning to the more modern portion of Fez (several clients heavier in luggage and lighter in wallet), we stop at the Royal Palace to view its ornamental gates. ...

... ;    I want to tell you a story and what I learned from it.  When we were walking around in the old part of Fez called the medina. It is 1,200 years old, very crowded and the streets are about the width of a man with his arms spread out. ...

... the old city.  I was frankly suprised to see so many women without scarfs on their heads.  I had assumed that Fez was more traditional, so therefore would have more traditional dress.  I saw many more bare-headed women here than I ...

... food, looking for the tourist information, which was shut anyway, missing the bus to Chefchouen, and subsequently getting a bus to Fez)...and after a couple of taxies and some stuffing around, I finally managed to find a cheap room - which happened to be ...