Romans, Olives, Camel head

Last night we had a great meal.on a rooftop beside a minaret while locals played live music. The nice thing, given the other customers, was that the restaurant was clearly a local place.

This morning we drove to Volubilis to see Roman ruins. For 500 years this was the southern edge of the Roman Empire and there were substantial cities. The Romans were driven out by drought and the city lay hidden and abandoned until the early 1900s.

They were pretty enough ruins, especially some mosaics but the best bits were “in the Louvre” thanks to years of French colonialism.

This part of the country is quite different to everywhere else we’ve been. It’s very green and filled with huge plantations of olive trees. The contrasting parts of Morocco have been quite astonishing.

From there we visited Mekenes. We wandered the Medina which distinguished itself as the least touristy so far. There were endless clothes vendors, spice sellers, bakers, and butchers. The one selling a dried camel’s head stood out for us.

Back in Fes we visited the only park for a walk in the sunshine. The weather is supposed to turn cold and maybe rainy tomorrow so we took advantage of the moment.