Chefchaouen, Tangier, Tarifa, Algeciras, Arcos de la Fronterra, Seville, all in one day. OK, not Rosies most cleverest or finest logistical planning, but first we had to get out of Morocco and what a mission that was!
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Rosie had subdued her dress and covered her exposed elbows in order to blend in more and as a sign of respect to this new country she was visiting. In so doing, Rosie had conceded, and, now like every other woman here in this country, Rosie was invisible.
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As soon as Rosie stepped out of the taxi from the airport into the bustling, dusty, beige square in Fes, Morocco, I didn’t feel comfortable.
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Rosie and The Operator have arrived in The Blue City of Chefchaouen in Morocco and are eager to explore this beautiful rural town of 45,000 that sits perched high above the valleys on the slopes of the Riff Mountains.
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Rosie and The Operator caught the early morning bus from Fes to Chefchaouen, The Blue City, high up in the Riff mountains. The trip was a revelation of lush green rolling landscape for as far as the eye could see.
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The Fes Medina Leather Tannery…you smell them long before you see them. The sharp, acrid, nose hair shriveling stench of piss….aged piss, that is, ripened by the sunshine.
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Wandering around the narrow labyrinth that is the 1200 year old Fes Médina you come across the most amazing buildings built into the warren of alleyways. These buildings are mosques, museums and schools, sitting side by side with shops, workshops and homes.
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Today is all about the food of Morocco. Just prepare to be amazed at the food stalls in the Medina and the food we have been eating in general in Morocco. All so fresh, flavourful, colourful and tasty.
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Walking through the inner gates into the Medina proper, the gates that Rosie was so apprehensive to enter yesterday the change is immediate. Everything closes in and around on you, the light dims as you enter the covered alleys where the buildings are so tall overhead they start to block the light.
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We are apprehensive, nervous and excited all rolled into one. Morocco is somewhere we have never been before and are looking forward to a fantastic new, totally foreign experience.
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