In and Around Fes

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 …

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From Rabat to Fes

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 …

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Off to Morocco- Casablanca to Rabat

As usual, preceding a long trip, the past few weeks of preparation were crazy busy. I hadn’t slept much. I dressed for the flight in my usual travel fashion, I prefer to refer to it as “Airport bag lady chic”. The look is accomplished by layering as much as possible in order to save space in your luggage…you won’t be far off if you visualize the Michelin man…which is …

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