Frankie's Travels Day 3 - Meknes

After lunch we first stopped to admire the Meknes old city view from a hillside and then passed through Meknes to admire the main gate of the medina.

The view shows 7 minarets that were built. There used to be 8 minarets but one fell down in February because it was old. You can see the motor way curving around the hills and around the old city (medina).

The main gate of the medina is decorated with green to symbolize the mint tea that Meknes is famous for and blue to symbolize Fez which is the big city that we are travelling to next. The tour leader says that Meknes is in the shadow of Fez. The old men sit under the trees on the one side of the gate and play cards. The old women sit on the other side of the gate and we assume, complain about the men. (this according to the tour leader)

Now we hit the road again and are travelling towards Fez where we will spend two nights. The driver has tuned into a local radio station for some Moroccan road trip music. Doo dee doo dee doo... Yeah!