the medina, or the old city, was founded in the 9th century and is full of surprises for the adventurous tourist. most streets are too narrow for much more than a donkey with cargo to pass through, but once you enter a home, you'll find a vast courtyard with bordering rooms on two levels. there are shops for just about anything you might want, mosques and qur'anic schools at every turn, and a deluge of varying smells to make your stomach churn. we hit all the highlights on our tour, including the karaouine mosque (one of the oldest universities and largest mosques in the world), a weaver's shop, a traditional bread bakery, and the famous leather tanneries of fes (pigeon poop is still used in some of the dyes. yeech!). a couple highlights...
tomorrow we journey on to volubilis, some of the best maintained roman ruins in the world..
quote of the day: hello ladies, would you like a berber husband?
2 comments:
Hmmm. You've had a week now of Arabic, so can you translate the gold writing?!
Very cool pics, sis! Now where are the Roman ruins?!
I'm assuming you didn't respond in the affirmative to the quote of the day. Good gal.
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