A few days ago we made our way to Fès on a long bus journey followed by a personal taxi that our host in Fès set up for us. As we pulled up to a large metal gate in a skinny dead end alley, our driver informed us that our building was a palace at one time. Though this sounded impressive, we didn’t fully understand what we were about to see.
It took me a while to get used to our winding streets so DawnO has taken the helm and has done a great job navigating.
Yesterday we joined up with some friends from home who happened to be in Morocco. We hired a taxi for the day to take us out to Volubilis, an old Roman city full of ruins and well preserved mosaics.
The next stop was Moulay Idriss, home to the tomb of Mr. Idriss, great-grandson to the prophet Mohammed and the founder of Morocco’s first real dynasty. Every August it is the focus of a great pilgrimage.
Pictured above is the Mosque and the Mausoleum (green pyramid) of Moulay Idriss.
Staying at a palace?! That's gotta be on the list (of course, . . . . you may have checked that off already!) Is RobO's tooth bugging him and that's why there's no food shots? 😉 The non-food shots are pretty amazing though. Enjoy the rest of your time.
RobO's tooth is fine. In fact, neither of us even notice it anymore (which is a bit alarming).
We thought people might get bored with numerous shots of tagines! Stay tuned though, I tried some new stuff in the past couple of days.