A Very Busy Morning and a Quiet Afternoon

We left Fez and headed for Meknes the next morning. Meknes, according to our guide, only has 20 guides, compared to 60 in Fez and 2,000 in Marrakech. Therefore it was a very toned down city. In fact, I would call it the country club of Morocco, because, other than seeing an old Jewish graveyard (where there were tombs in the actual walls!) all we saw were country club things: a stud farm and a golf course (INSIDE the walls of the old castle!). Then we headed for Volubilis, or Oualili (Walili) as the Arabs call it. It was the last outpost of the Romans in Africa, and there are most of the ruins of the city. There are mosaics that are still visible after almost two millennia. We then went to the sister city of Moulay Idriss right beside it. It reminded me of a Greek town, being on a hill and having all the streets on an incline. We ended up at a family house that also served as a restaurant and hostel that served amazing food. Then we had lunch on the roof and had an amazing view of the town, mountains, and even a waterfall. We drove another 4 hours to Chefchaoen, which we weren't to see the stunning light blue of until the next day.