Thought the statuary was quite interesting in Rabat.
A taste of Rabat.
More Rabat countryside.
Volubilis, 2nd century Roman ruins.
These were ruins from Roman city of Volubilis and had around 20,000 inhabitants at its peak in the 2nd century. Today, it contains one of the finest Roman basilicas in Africa.
The first excavations began in 1887 by the French archaeologist Henri de la Martinière and hundreds of excavations have continued over the years to the present day. Archaeological Museum in Rabat houses many of the artifacts on display that were found during these excavations. Over half of Volubilis remains unexcavated. Students from local universities come for the summer to work on the archeological digs.
I love mosaic floors!!
The brick is recent repair. The rest is hundreds of years old.
Getting rid of photo-bombers these days is solved in a few clicks!!
lovely.
After breaking my kneecap this summer, I see gravity always out to get me!! I hold that handrail!!
We took a carriage ride in Marrakesh.
I love a good market!! — Especially with a dead cow head in it!! m-m-m-m!
Bees everywhere. Cringe!
Another cringe.
Bread tastes delicious if you don’t pay much attention to how it was made!! (No gloves.)
A medina (which means area). Note the fake palm tree is a cell tower!
Our hotel was great and the buffets were wonderful too. Note the bed lamps. I’m sure they are meant for reading in bed, but the metal is so stiff, it only shines out into the room. All looks good until you actually have to use it.
Tour of Fez. They spell it Fes. Fez did not mean those little square hats. The people of the town used so many pick axe tools called a fezes, that they named the city that. Then the people began wearing those hats and they, too, were named fez.
The Jewish Cemetery in Fez. Many were unnamed because of the plague that killed so many at once.
There’s a bitter orange tree and a sweet orange tree. The bitter orange trees have double leaves as seen here — a little one on top of the large one. These oranges are not eaten, but are used for the orange blossom scent in perfumes.
A shopkeeper just opening up. It’s Ramadan and they are fasting all day, so they don’t get out of bed too early.
More shops — appliances, opticians, clocks.
Th Muslim household has no balconies nor windows. But if you go through the house, there is a Riad in the center of the house without a ceiling and with a garden and windows opening onto the garden.
This may be a Jewish part of town because of it’s balconies. Note it must be laundry day.
This is the Old Medina of Fez. The white tower is Al-Qarawiyyan the oldest university in THE WORLD and founded by a Muslim woman in 859!
So these trinkets are $1.50 or $1 American. Th price of food was reasonable also.
Fez is known for getting tourists lost. It was good to have a guide. We were in some sketchy areas. If the street signs were not square or rectangular, it meant the street/alley was a dead-end.
Salam Alikoum means hello/good morning. But the one I knew the best was BALLAK!!! BALLAK!!!
It meant watch out!! These carts were hard to stop once they got going.
This lady was making thin sheets of filo dough on what looked like a bald head. And the buns smelled delicious.
These were for purchase. We learned there are two kinds of wool: Alive and dead. The wool from dead sheep doesn’t have lanolin oil in it and is inferior. You can’t tell the difference, except you have to get a certificate of proof from the government to prove it’s alive wool.
More to come!! Message me if you’d like. Only I see it.
Linda Jeanne