The call to prayer was our wake-up call on Christmas day. Down to breakfast for fresh juice (trees are full of oranges and mandarins and they are so tasty!) Also a pancake type bread with the choice of olive oil, for dipping (also extremely good), olives (you see the trees everywhere), or butter and jam.
The donkey arrived at the door to take our bags down the narrow paths to waiting taxis. We were off to the Unesco world heritage site of Volubules. This site is a perfect example of a roman town which had been destroyed by an earthquake but the ruins were amazing. The site showed remains of huge houses and so much of the mosaics are still there. The morning was beautiful, blue skies and was warming up from 3C!
Anotner taxi ride took us to Meknes where we visited the old walled city. We visited vaulted gra ary stires and saw where 2000 horses were stabled. This too had been partly destroyed by an earthquake and Ididn't feel too comfortable standing under some of the arches!!
We were then taken through the medina. The sights and smells were amazing - spices piled high and the different olives, preserved lemons, dates and other fruits were out done by a Bulls heads,tongue lolling from it's mouth, sitting on the butcher's bench! We neared some very smoky shops where we had Christmas lunch - a rather delicious camel burger!
The railway station was the next stop and we were praying that we would get a seat without too much difficulty. We wre lucky and end in a compartment with a group of young women who, like all young people, had their music blaring - we could hear a few English words amongst the Arabic.
An hour later we were at our destination and with a bottle shop across from the hotel the group got together for a Christmas drink before heading out to an interesting restaurant. We would never have found this place without our guide as it was up many little, twisting alleyways. It was in someones home! The interior was beautiful and food delicious.
The donkey arrived at the door to take our bags down the narrow paths to waiting taxis. We were off to the Unesco world heritage site of Volubules. This site is a perfect example of a roman town which had been destroyed by an earthquake but the ruins were amazing. The site showed remains of huge houses and so much of the mosaics are still there. The morning was beautiful, blue skies and was warming up from 3C!
Anotner taxi ride took us to Meknes where we visited the old walled city. We visited vaulted gra ary stires and saw where 2000 horses were stabled. This too had been partly destroyed by an earthquake and Ididn't feel too comfortable standing under some of the arches!!
We were then taken through the medina. The sights and smells were amazing - spices piled high and the different olives, preserved lemons, dates and other fruits were out done by a Bulls heads,tongue lolling from it's mouth, sitting on the butcher's bench! We neared some very smoky shops where we had Christmas lunch - a rather delicious camel burger!
The railway station was the next stop and we were praying that we would get a seat without too much difficulty. We wre lucky and end in a compartment with a group of young women who, like all young people, had their music blaring - we could hear a few English words amongst the Arabic.
An hour later we were at our destination and with a bottle shop across from the hotel the group got together for a Christmas drink before heading out to an interesting restaurant. We would never have found this place without our guide as it was up many little, twisting alleyways. It was in someones home! The interior was beautiful and food delicious.
Sounds fascinating Lesley. Glad all is going well. Christmas has been good - lots of family time. Hot here. Have fun. Val
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