Morocco is pretty sweet! Yesterday, I took a train to Fez with some friends. Three of them were going to stay there so we went to a youth hostel and dropped their stuff off. Then we walked around the Medina, or huge old market, that is the heart of Fez. The streets are tiny and we got lost several times, but it was fun because we weren't really looking for anything. So we're walking around the MAZE of stores and people are trying to sell us stuff and this one guy is like would you like to go to a restaurant and brings us into this side street? We're like ok, this is sketchy, but we have two guys in our group walking around so we're ike what's the worst that can happen? So this dude ends up bringing us into this huge back area where they're selling rugs. We buy yummy sandwiches from him and he tells us the history of rugs in Morocco and Fez. We go upstairs for a demonstration of women making the rugs. The rugs were gorgeous and the guy was really nice and wanted to sell them to us but we were like sorry man we are poor college graduates who are traveling there's no way we can haul these things around the African continent. No it was cool though. Then he had one of his friends bring us to a tannery. So we walked through the labyrinth to this huge leather store that looked down into where they do all the dyeing. It was super cool!
Looking down on all the beautiful rooms in the sketchy rug store
Leather tannery, vats used to dye the leather
Entrance to the Medina (only one entrance/exit, fire hazard anyone?)
BES Note:
Unfortunately, I didn't take photos of Flat Stanley in Niger, but yesterday in Fez, Morocco I took pictures of him in the market.
Mr. Stanley on a Moroccan rug
Flat Stanley will be coming with me to Cameroon and then I will send him back to Vermont!
All is can say is, "Oh my God!", this has turned into an amazing adventure. I am still sorry you had to leave Niger but I know you WILL go back there someday, until then, enjoy the present and have fun in the desert! LOVE YA!Mom
ReplyDeleteProud of you for hanging in there and making the best of a bad situation. Fact: I had to check a map to figure out where Cameroon is : / hahaha Can't wait to hear about your continued adventure, I think about you lots : ) Keep soaking it up chica! Love you!
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