Thursday
3rd September
Volubilis/Meknes/Rabat
Mohommad
our driver was waiting for us ready to take us in his majic carpet to
our next site -Volubis, a 2000 Roman ruin north of Fez. These ruins
are another UNESCO site and that was originallly a thriving 4th
century city with near perfect mosaics. We were met by our local
guide, Abdel who was a font of information about this vast site.
Our
Magic carpet then took us to Meknes, the 17th Century
capitol of the country. Meknes is another UNESCO site with a smaller
Medina than Faz but a beautiful walled city. We again picked up a
local guide and we were fascinated with this beautiful city.
Then
we headed to Rabat, the present capitol of the county. Mohammad
walked us into the old city to our accommodation for the night,
another old Riad. Before dinner we walked to the fort overlooking
the Atlantic to watch the sunset. Beautiful.as this is Ramadan, at
sunset the call to prayers came and suddenly it seemed that the
oxygen had been sucked out of the town. We seemed to be the only
people on the streets as everyone else was in the mosques for their
prayers. We have another beautiful suite that reeks of the Arabian
Nights.
