Morocco

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We decided to take advantage of St Paddy's and Easter weekends being back to back and headed to Morocco for a 9 day adventure to soak up some sun, and enjoy some mint tea and tajines

Spent our first 3 days in Marrakech, staying in an amazing Riad (traditional Moroccan house) and exploring the old city. The main square was very impressive, full of sights and sounds including snake charmers, a million fresh orange juice stalls and henna tattoo artists

Then we decided to catch the train up to Fes for a couple of days of wandering through the maze that is the medina, all the streets are very narrow and look exactly the same so it is very easy to get lost which we discovered quickly. Fes is also the leather capital and a visit to the tanneries with its aroma won't be forgotten easily. Fes is also famous for its Moroccan pottery so we decided to head to the local training school for a look and picked up a few souvenirs

On the way back to Marrakech we stopped off in Rabat for a night. Rabat is a much more modern and almost western in its appearance. It is home to the King's Palace and a number of impressive traditional Moroccan buildings.

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