At first glimpse, we preferred Marrakesh—our second destination in Morocco—to Fez. The streets were generally wider and easier to navigate than Fez, so we didn’t need a guide. The main square of the city—Jemaa el-Fnaa—is the busiest in all of Africa and is chockfull of henna artists, snake charmers, and orange juice sellers by day […]
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Lost and Found in Fez
“Should we buy a map of Fez?” I asked. “You’re looking at the map of Fez,” Chris replied. And with that display of confidence we began our three-night adventure in the medina of Fez. Fez is the second largest city in Morocco and was the capital city until 1925. Fez’s medina—or walled medieval city—consists of […]
Our Rest of Europe Budget
The last budget post I wrote was for the Balkans as we left Croatia and prepared to enter Western Europe. Over the last month, we visited Munich for Oktoberfest, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, all around Romania, Cappadocia and Istanbul in Turkey, the wine country and capital of Georgia, Paris, Bruges and Brussels, and, finally, London. We […]