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What a beautiful city. We arrived in the rain, but the following day was cold and sunny. Due to our rainy arrival, we chose an easily accessible hotel, though not the most comfortable by far....the "hot showers" were barely tepid and the room a bit grungy...though it did suit our needs and purpose at the time. If not for our discomfort, lack of showers, and dwindling supply of clean clothing we easily could have spent a couple more days; Chefchouan is definitely a city which we would like to return to. We left Chefchouan early afternoon, Haim frustrated that we had spent the entire morning in bed...he was reading Pillars of the Earth (an AMAZING book if you have never read it), I was fooling around with our new Flickr account, and more importantly Maya was sleeping. She's always been a late sleeper, but Haim has been discontent that we are not up and out earlier.
We left Chefchouan choosing an off the beaten track, but paved, secondary road to travel by. We crossed the Rif, partially following the course of a river...crossing the mountains that way was a worthy but very time consuming endeavour. We were even stopped by multiple people inviting us to their houses for a meal....I guess they don't get many visitors out that way. By the time we reached Fes is was nightfall...
We found a comfortable hotel with heating AND boiling showers just off the main street in the new part of town, and then rambled around for some street food for dinner. Greatly enjoying a spicy steamed chicken with noodles and rice, and some delicious kefta sandwiches.
Yesterday was a rather miserable day, Maya REALLY cranky all day with Haim's new "wake up early" plan (which began and ended yesterday) and the misery was compounded by an AWFUL guide recommended by the hotel! The afternoon was spent with Maya napping and she work up in much better spirits, ready for an evening wander and a light snack before bed.
Today Haim has implemented the "wake up early on his own" plan and took himself for a cup of tea and some morning errands...it is about 11, we are all happy and ready to explore another day!
We left Chefchouan choosing an off the beaten track, but paved, secondary road to travel by. We crossed the Rif, partially following the course of a river...crossing the mountains that way was a worthy but very time consuming endeavour. We were even stopped by multiple people inviting us to their houses for a meal....I guess they don't get many visitors out that way. By the time we reached Fes is was nightfall...
We found a comfortable hotel with heating AND boiling showers just off the main street in the new part of town, and then rambled around for some street food for dinner. Greatly enjoying a spicy steamed chicken with noodles and rice, and some delicious kefta sandwiches.
Yesterday was a rather miserable day, Maya REALLY cranky all day with Haim's new "wake up early" plan (which began and ended yesterday) and the misery was compounded by an AWFUL guide recommended by the hotel! The afternoon was spent with Maya napping and she work up in much better spirits, ready for an evening wander and a light snack before bed.
Today Haim has implemented the "wake up early on his own" plan and took himself for a cup of tea and some morning errands...it is about 11, we are all happy and ready to explore another day!
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