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Half the Fez population lives in this crowded warren of narrow passages, there’s mosques, souks, artisan workshops & madrasas (schools for Islamic instruction), and humble homes. The religious and artisan schools, some of the oldest in the world and are located deep at the heart of the Medina. The mosques, of which there are moreContinue reading “Fez Medina “Fes El Bali” Pt 2”

Our train left Rabat main station about 10:30am, for what was to be a 3hr journey to Fes, the spiritual home and cultural capital of Morocco. Although the train was pretty busy, our compartment was nice and quiet with AC and seats like very comfortable armchairs, which made the journey sail by. Our driver metContinue reading “Fez Medina “Fes El Bali” Pt 1”

I’m still enjoying wondering around the depths of this interesting city. Everyone seems to get on with everyone else and there’s a sense of calm wherever I seem to go, maybe it’s me! And even though the car horns are very well exercised, I’ve not witnessed anything remotely close to road-rage. The newer buildings areContinue reading “Salé and the strange allure of the urban cityscape”

We’re getting a lot more familiar with the streets and when and where the best times are to visit the food markets for the best fruit, veg and fish, there’s quite a few to choose from, but our host has been great at sharing her local knowledge. As our maid comes early on Thursday, I’veContinue reading “The Hassan Tower & Medina”

We’re staying in the Ocean Quarter, which although isn’t the most salubrious part of town, we’re close to most things, including the local fruit, veg and fish markets. Our apartment is tucked away down one of the many back streets, it’s very quiet, has a really nice vibe about the place and a wonderful terrace.Continue reading “Wandering around the city of Rabat”

It’s was the last visit to Huntingdon to bid farewell to our parents, the last time we spent this amount of time with our parents, we were kids and testing times aside it’s been really nice immersing ourselves in their lives again. We’ve both enjoyed marching along the river Ouse and rambling through the countrysideContinue reading “Time to leave the UK. We’re off to Morocco”

We’ve been lying low around the Guildford area and not doing as much socialising as we’d like, as I need to stay virus free, for some treatment I’ve been having. So all of our socialising has been outside, which has been perfect, as it’s been too hot to be inside! The summer has been absolutelyContinue reading “A Lonnnng hot summer”

After spending the last week for a while with my parents, I’ve been mainly photographing and cataloging my dad’s paintings. for a project I’m working on, I’ll hopefully post a link to it n my next blog. We left Huntingdon and headed across to Braintree, for what was to be another fun weekend with JonContinue reading “Enjoying the English Summer”

We started the week at my brothers place as I had a few personal things to take care of, then we headed back up to my parents. Although we’ve still got some medical things to take care of for dad, we’re getting there, with putting things in place to make life a little easier forContinue reading “A family weekend in the West Country”

Wow! it’s nearly 3 weeks since we arrived back in the UK and that time has really raced by. We’ve split our time between my parents, (which works well for Rach as her folks aren’t far away) & my brothers house further south. When we first arrived the weather was a bit hit and missContinue reading “Time with the folks and more fun with good friends.”