Sunrise over the Sahara- blog version We continued on after lunch passing through high mountains with narrow switchback roads. It rained for a short time…the first rain that we’ve seen since we got here. We gradually descended into the Ziz valley with its green oasis and lush palm trees. The oasis runs for miles and miles and the buildings are only built on the edge where the greenery stops..The …
Now back to our last evening in Fes. After resting up ( the high 43+ heat really zaps it out of you), we had a phenomenal meal at our raid. It was our best meal here so far. So moist and tasty. We ended the evening with Moroccan mint tea on our roof terrace.idir ((our hotelier) chatted with us for awhile as we looked at the ancient medina from …
This morning we had a lovely breakfast served in a sma ll dining room off the courtyard; Morrocan tea, hand squeezed orange juice, cakes, olives, cheeses, bread, Moroccan pancakes, honeys and jams. Yum.. This riad and it’s wonderful staff (Idir) is wonderful. It is called Riad Tafilalet www.riadtafilalet.com The streets were all cleaned up in the morning, most donkey pooped cleaned up ( or sawdust put over) and garbage …
This morning we had a delicious traditional Moroccan breakfast served in the dining area beside the pool. It consisted of Moroccan baked goods, mint tea, hand squeezed orange juice, a Moroccan type pancake and a mushroom cheese omelet. Yum. I would very happily return to this wonderful Riad in Rabat. The place is lovely, a cool, calm refuge in the centre of everything. The place was pretty, clean and …