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I opted for a salad, which was nothing like yesterday's - just tomato and onion with dressing, served over a few leaves of lettuce. Interesting note - the couple sitting next to us also had the set men and ended up paying 70 dirham each, but their food was fancier. They received the more expensive olives instead of lentils to start and their salad was more like last night's, a selection of salads, instead of what I received. The mains ended up being the same as ours, however. The girl is from California, and the guy is from Santiago, Chile - they met in Chile when she was teaching English there and now live together in New York. If only one day someone would write of me "He met this unbelievably beautiful Spanish girl in Spain, and now they live in pure bliss running their cozy little hotel in Spain." The couple had a much simpler journey to Morocco than we did - a direct seven hour flight to Casablanca.
Suffocating

December 27th 2009
Geo: 34.0348, -4.9993Breakfast - the typical Moroccan spread, but with a type of homemade bread that we had yet to sample here, and with some yogurt and cheese. Feeling brave, I tried some of the yogurt and cheese and luckily, didn't have any stomach issues with the dairy products.We decided not to call Hicham nor use an official guide today, and instead followed a walking tour found in th ... read more
Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

Moroccan Flag In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more
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