Tuesday, 2 July 2013
fez
The two days in Fez were such a great vacation! It didn´t hurt that I went mid-week, so it felt like I barely worked that week at all. But also it just felt so exotic and different. I´ve travelled a fair few places, though in general I go and live somewhere and haven´t done the backpacking routes that a lot of people have, but I hadn´t been anywhere like Morocco before. The crazy tiny labyrintine streets of the old city, the chaotic market stalls, the cats, the donkeys (ok, Mexico had donkeys, but not on the same level, not delivering gas and water). The people who seem to speak any language you could think of, so long as it´s to sell you something. The smells, of leather tanning and mint, the coloured tiles, the exquisite woodwork, the mosques we couldn´t go in, the coffee shops, the street life and the tucked away courtyards where the noise of the street doesn´t penetrate. The Barcelona Football Club paraphernalia. The impossibility of reading street signs. The haggling the taxi down from $10 to $1 and knowing you´re still paying too much. The honey cookies.
I loved it!
This was how narrow the street to get to the hotel/riad
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Sooo cool! I love all the buildings and tile work! I need to go to more exotic places
Wow. Wow. Wow. It looks so amazing. Great pictures and description!
How fun! This is definitely a whole new culture to me. It's funny you mentioned the donkeys here in Mexico cause I think I've seen only two in my life and they were at a farm ha ha but never in the city. The pictures are amazing!
Cee. ♥
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Beautiful pictures - looks like a very colourful, raw and amazing place.
Wow, these pictures are gorgeous! I wouldn't mind seeing more tiled buildings around. I love the colors and patterns! Also, honey cookies?! That sound fantastic.
-Katie
So so so incredible. I've wanted to go for so long and now I know it's a necessity!
@Cee: True, I never saw them in the city in Mexico! I did see some in the country sometimes, along roadsides, with men riding them. Very surreal "Oh, this is Mexico" moments. :)
Oh how exciting and what gorgeous photos! It looks lovely! That streeet is super narrow! How did you get on with your light hair there? My friend got hassled a lot!!x
Ooh I went to Marrakech in March and I'd love to go to Fez!
Rosie x
@Kezzie: Not too bad (comparatively). I´ve heard they´re more aggressive in Marrakesh... and also that it´s a nightmare if you´re a woman travelling alone, but it wasn´t too much of a problem. The scariest thing was having to speak bloody French!
You went to Fez! How exciting. Your photos are stunning, Emily. All the colors, textures, and architectural intricacies are leaping off the screen at me. I can only imagine much more powerful and wonderful it all must have been in person!
Glad you had such a good time!
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Looks INCREDIBLE!! a lot of our friends in Spain have visited Morocco once or more and I always wished I'd been when we lived there. Just a relatively easy hop over to a completely different culture. Glad you had a blast! I loved seeing these pics, the gorgeous mosques and street scenes and esp you in the tiny street.
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