We're in two rooms connected by a washroom, both with their own sitting areas. In mom's room the sitting area is in a loft space. The only negative about this place is all the stairs massively high ceilings means lots of steps - and they kind feel like the steps might be higher than normal, though its possible I'm just tired. I'm just glad our bags are taken up for us. Oh, as a related thing - cars aren't allowed in the Medina, so you have to walk in to your hotel, down steps and twisting paths. Some person with a cart took our luggage for us.
We arrived here in Fes a few hours ago, after visiting Meknes and Volubilis, but it was already late - we chilled for awhile on the rooftop patio, enjoying traditional Moroccan tea, with a view of the Medina below. At one point all the mosques around started playing the final call to prayer which was kind of chaotic at it's peak - they all started at different times, and varied greatly in terms of both volume and quality of sound. Dinner was also here at the riad. Delicious, with everything super fresh.
To briefly recap the rest of the day, in Meknes we had lunch within the old city - built by Moulais Idriss I think? Anyways, he was a king obsessed with security - the city has 4 layers of walls - and also his horses. Apparently he had something like 1200 of them. Theres even this gigantic pond which was apparently originally a horse swimming pool. The ruins at Volubilis were nice - the site was decently preserved, though the infrastructure could have been improved. No map of the place, and the signage was lacking. Besides the big attention getting gates and columns, there's also some nice mosaic work scattered about.
And now I'm off to prepare for tomorrow. Between our gorgeous accommodations, and the promise if fantastic shopping in a beautiful city, I really think I'm going to like Fes.
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