What century are we in?
Trip Start
Sep 17, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 04, 2009
Fes,
Morocco
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
After arriving in Meknes, we had about a 25 minute walk to the hotel that we had booked, which was very close to Meknes´ medina. Once at the hotel we were content with our choice of places to stay as it felt very safe and was close to everything (except the train station), but after going to our room we understood the $10 per night rate. The room was clean enough, but the beds (two single beds) were old with lumpy pillows and mattresses. We didn´t mind the old beds and are glad to put up with sub-Hilton standards to make our teacher´s salaries go a bit further.
As the sun set, we headed out to meander through the medina and take in the incredible amount of sights, smells and sounds that define all of Morocco´s medinas. We immediately noticed that this medina was larger than that of Rabat and went head on into the maze of narrow, winding streets and alleys in search of unique gifts, momentos and most importantly mysterious food. After more than an hour of wondering, we happened upon the food, spice and livestock part of the medina and found what we were looking for. Denise got a bag of wonderful Moroccan spices and we also got a half kilo of delicious pastries filled with all sorts of nuts and sticky, tasty, fillings. After leaving the medina we stopped at a streetside cafe and ordered some more tradidtional Moroccan fare that included a beef plate and the best salads we have tasted in Europe or Africa.
Before heading to the "grand taxi" parking lot to
