Early day walking through two medina of Fez, another palace to peep at, rest in the afternoon, and last day of Ramadan dinner in a nice restaurant.

There’s actually three towns in Fez; the new town (100 years old, French), the middle town (14th century, the Jewish quarter), and the old town (9th century, Moroccan). The new town is where the Jews and foreigners live now. The medina here are much cleaner and more charming than Casablanca, and a LOT livelier than in Rabat. Great for pictures if you can avoid taking somebody’s photo. 

They.Don’t.Like.It.

So, not too many pics of the market yesterday lol.

Still it was good, though quiet in the morning. Everyone here is so happy for Ramadan to be over.

Dinner was neat. All traditional foods and several entertainments. Dancing, music, and an illusionist. The magician spoke so little English that it was adorable. He was good! And funny.

Moroccan food is yummy but not spicy at all. This surprises me.

Today is a travel day,  we’ll be heading into the desert via the Atlas mountains.

Had a long, hot day moving to Fez. We were busy! I’m pleasantly surprised by the number if stops we made and things we saw.

Rabat, imo, was the best. It’s the capitol and gets a lot of government money to stay looking nice. We saw a presidential palace, the mausoleum of the first king of independent Morocco, a little art gallery, the medina, a garden, and views of the city from several vantage points. Not too bad!

In Meknes, also lovely, we saw *their medina, some portion of the 20 miles of city walls, and a bunch of old stuff at the former military installation. The local guide here was great. He talked like a professor, which I loved of course. There’s nothing which can’t be made better by making it educational lol.

The coach driver and tour director make lots of stops for water and leg-stretching. Excellent.

Our hotels so far have been great. I’m pleased but then again I’ve been sleeping in bunk beds so far, so everything seems very luxurious.😊

Here in Fez it’s the last day of Ramadan. Only one more day, then back to cafes and cappuccinos. Hallelujah! My head will fly off from the caffeine

Have a good one!

Well, after checking into a nicer hotel and having 50 cups of coffee at the buffet, I’d have to say that the city’s growing on me.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still hot and filthy and all that, but it’s easier to find charm when you have access to air conditioning.

I had a lovely time looking at shops in my new neighborhood. Mostly clothes and shoes. 

At dinner the tour group met and got to know each other a little. I’m not the oldest nor the youngest by far. 5 single travellers so I’ll always have someone to chat with.

Tomorrow we’re off to some mausoleum. I’m going to enjoy this a lot. The guide is a handful and seems to be a lot of fun.

Until mañana 

Mary

It was more than enough. This is just not my town, I guess.

The fact that it’s Ramadan makes it harder to enjoy my normal routine. Also I didn’t find coffee today. 😢

Really looking forward to the tour starting tomorrow 😄

Mary