Last day in Morocco
Well, we are finally arriving at the end of North African tour. Having spent the last 23 days in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, we can honestly say we have a greater appreciation of the area, the arab, berber and bedouine cultures and muslim faith although we have so much more to learn.
Our stay in Fès was both strange and interesting. The city is beautiful and its old Medina is very impressive (feels like we went back to the 12th century... especially the fruit and vegetable market). However, Jess and I felt stares in the new city of Fès and felt very unwelcome at some places. The good news was finally having taxis with meters (i.e. we were not getting overcharged. We now use the taxi to get everywhere because it is so convinient).
What Fès has to offer above all else is its role as the artistic capital of Morocco. It is the center of manufacturing of many artistic pieces including rugs, silver, metal, leather and pottery products. Jess made some purchases and I kind of wish I had (although we did make some more purchases in Meknès). Our hotel was very cold and the hot water could only be used between 7:00 and 9:00 AM which was akward (plus it was not that hot). Our hotel in Meknès is the absolute opposite (friendly staff, heater in the room, hot, steamy showers). You end up appreciating these little pleasures while travelling.
We do miss television and entertainment. We tried to find a cinema in Meknès that plays movies (mostly dubbed in French) at a reasonable time but most movies started past 9:00 PM and we need to take an early train tomorrow. We'll have to wait till London!
The last leg of our trip is in Spain. Tomorrow, we will see a remake of bus, trains and boats (but no automobiles!). We will be taking a train early tomorrow for about 6 hours until we arrive in Tanger. There, we will be taking the boat over to Algeciras (without too much hassle we hope!). Then we have to take a 4 hour bus ride to Granada where we will stay the night. We then hope on another bus to Sevilla (about a 3 hour bus ride). Finally, we will fly to Barcelona and stay one day before flying into London on January 6th. We cut our trip short by two days to appreciate a few more peaceful days in London before Jessica flies back to London.
Our stay in Fès was both strange and interesting. The city is beautiful and its old Medina is very impressive (feels like we went back to the 12th century... especially the fruit and vegetable market). However, Jess and I felt stares in the new city of Fès and felt very unwelcome at some places. The good news was finally having taxis with meters (i.e. we were not getting overcharged. We now use the taxi to get everywhere because it is so convinient).
What Fès has to offer above all else is its role as the artistic capital of Morocco. It is the center of manufacturing of many artistic pieces including rugs, silver, metal, leather and pottery products. Jess made some purchases and I kind of wish I had (although we did make some more purchases in Meknès). Our hotel was very cold and the hot water could only be used between 7:00 and 9:00 AM which was akward (plus it was not that hot). Our hotel in Meknès is the absolute opposite (friendly staff, heater in the room, hot, steamy showers). You end up appreciating these little pleasures while travelling.
We do miss television and entertainment. We tried to find a cinema in Meknès that plays movies (mostly dubbed in French) at a reasonable time but most movies started past 9:00 PM and we need to take an early train tomorrow. We'll have to wait till London!
The last leg of our trip is in Spain. Tomorrow, we will see a remake of bus, trains and boats (but no automobiles!). We will be taking a train early tomorrow for about 6 hours until we arrive in Tanger. There, we will be taking the boat over to Algeciras (without too much hassle we hope!). Then we have to take a 4 hour bus ride to Granada where we will stay the night. We then hope on another bus to Sevilla (about a 3 hour bus ride). Finally, we will fly to Barcelona and stay one day before flying into London on January 6th. We cut our trip short by two days to appreciate a few more peaceful days in London before Jessica flies back to London.
posted by Serge LeVert-Chiasson at
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1 Comments:
Thank you very much for interesting blog. It is really useful for me. Because I'm going to visit Morocco soon. One my friend has been inviting me for two years. He has in Tangiers property.
I read a lot about this amazing and fascinating country! I know that there are so many places which must seen, most of all I want to visit the Sahara desert!
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