Morocco Day 3

After spending the day touring the city with our guide, we wanted to wonder around by ourselves. We started the day again with the amazing breakfast at Riad Baraka. 

We started walking through the souks to get a few souvenirs and see what else was around. Almost all the souks were buys and had a ton of people wandering through them, but there were always some alleyway that seemed empty with someone bored and just hanging out with there merchandise. 

We were able to find a couple key chains and other things for gifts back home. I was a find a really nice light that was a really nice moorish style with and when the lights shine through it looks just great. I got this for my desk at home and it’s just awesome. When the lights are off the colors on it just look amazing.  I stopped in a couple different shops looking for this and each light like this was a little bit different. I could not find 2 that were exactly alike and the prices varied from about $25-$40.  I figured this was all a bargaining tactic so when I found this one, the guy was asking for $30. I told him of course I couldn’t afford more than $15 and in the end we settle at $22 bucks for this one. Maybe its a couple bucks more that I should have paid for it but, I liked the colors on this one the most.

You walk around and just everywhere there are cool things to see. The doorways, the building, the light, the shadows hitting things around the city are just amazing. I felt like I could stop every minute and take a picture of something amazing or just something a little bit odd.  Since the souks street are so narrow there are still a lot of goods being transported by donkey in the souks. You need to make space for them, since some of the alleyway are so narrow. After the donkeys are done… they just get to hang out with a view in amazing doorways. 

We walked down this incredibly narrow alleyway that had these really cool lights hanging and that led to to the Madrassa Archaratine. This was not on my list of things to see but as we had some time and it was only 20 Dinar (about $2 bucks) to get in, we had to go see it.  What really made this Madrassa great was that you could go up to the second  and third floors where the student would actually sleep.   

The rooms are absolutely tiny and they only had this tiny window that would look out into the courtyard of the Madrassa. It was a smaller Madrassa compared to what we had seen but definitely worth going in and checking it out. 

Right next door to the Madrassa was a shop where they were selling all kinds of wooden items. The owner showed us the roof of the house where we could get a view of the whole city. And you could see the tops of the the Bou Inania Madrassa.

After shopping and the Madrassa we decided to go ahead get a little of relaxing time at our Riad. We headed back and took a nice swim in the little courtyard pool and relaxed for a bit. Dinner was at “The Hidden Garden” Restaurant. The food was good but what really stood out about this place was the Iced Mint Tea. I had to say that was amazing and one of the things I will absolutely try to recreate back home.  ay

Last night in Fez was amazing. Definitely a city to revisit, but time to go on to Chefchaouen.