"Smile - you're in <a title="Fès (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fes" target="_blank">Fès</a>!" - That should be the motto for the day. The hotel recommended a guide for exploring Fès. We started with the outer parts of the city - the king's palace (Dar El Makhzen), then a viewpoint which offered a great view over Fès and finally a guided tour in a pottery in which we witnessed all phases of pottery creation.
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[caption id="attachment_159" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_kings_palace_1024.jpg"><img class="wp-image-159 size-medium" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_kings_palace_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Dar El Makhzen" width="300" height="225" /></a> Dar El Makhzen[/caption]</td>
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[caption id="attachment_158" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_ipads_1024.jpg"><img class="wp-image-158 size-medium" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_ipads_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Sue, Patrick and Apple..." width="300" height="225" /></a> Sue, Patrick and Apple...[/caption]</td>
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[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_overview_1024.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-160" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_overview_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Medina of Fès" width="300" height="225" /></a> Medina of Fès[/caption]</td>
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Then we entered the Medina of Fès - I really felt like being in a <a title="1001 Nights (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights" target="_blank">One Thousand and One Nights</a> story... or in Disney's "Aladdin" movie. Donkeys instead of cars, labyrinths of narrow alleys, diverse "souks" (markets), oriental smells and thousands of locals and visitors. One of Fès' main attraction inside the Medina - the tanneries - are best viewed from above. A foreigner could hardly find a way up, a hint how helpful a local guide can be (forget Google Maps here!).

<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_entrance_1024.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-164" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_entrance_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Entrance to the Medina" width="300" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_donkey_1024.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-163" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_donkey_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Beware of the donkeys" width="300" height="225" /></a>

<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_arabic_school_1024.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-162" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_arabic_school_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Bou Inania madersa - an Islamic school" width="300" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_tanneries_1024.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-165" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/fes_tanneries_1024-300x225.jpg" alt="Leather tanneries" width="300" height="225" /></a>
Speaking about Arabic stories, Lauren and me had to act as models for a demonstration on how "<a title="Keffiyeh (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh" target="_blank">Keffiyehs</a>" (scarfs) are tied to classic Arabic headdresses. It suited us well... at least that's what they said.

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After a quick visit of the xxxx gate, it was already time to leave Fès - but not without a stop at the roman ruines of Volubilis.
We arrived quite late in our hotel back in Casa and hat dinner there. Ana paula provided a  KT (knowledge transfer) session to Grant, who successfully posted locations, pictures on facebook thereafter - and collected many likes within seconds!