We visited Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site with many remains from the Roman Empire. Roman Empire Ruins (below)
We toured Fes el Bali (the historic old medina) with a Fulbright Teacher Exchange alum from Fes. This medina reminded me of the scene from Demolition Man where there was an underground world of “havenots“ but they were still living their best lives. It was grungy, dirty, exciting, noisy, fabulous, mesmerizing, and smelly. The sensory imagery was off the charts!! You had goat heads dripping with blood, and roosters cock-a-doodling minutes before they’re weighed and decapitated before our very eyes! You had people riding motorcycles and mopeds throughout the narrow corridors of the medina, huge buzzing Africanized Bees flying around the sweet treats for sale, people laughing, and street vendors semi-aggressively inviting us to sample their wares. There was an older man who whistled and imitated the sounds of different species of jungle birds for hours! There were beggars, hustlers, drunkards, elderly people, young people…everybody was looking for something. Tone Loc got it right, “Funky Cold Medina.”
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