We decided to travel 2nd class to Meknes .It was a great journey with our own enclosed cabin so it was blissfully quiet for the 3.5 hours. We left the train wondering how much more comfortable could 1st. Class possibly be. Meknes was a more peaceful city than what we had experienced so far. The medina ..the old town was also quiet so we were able to walk around very easily…no getting lost. The Bab El Mansour is the huge entrance to the Medina.
It is the one you see on the postcards of Morocco. To see it in person was fantastic and it was also opposite the big square that would have been the hive of activity except it was cold and threatening to rain.
Well, thinking about it we actually did get a little lost in the Souq and wandered around looking at things we might not have found. Like the very artistic displays of food in the food market. This is a display of olives.
Again there you could buy your chickens (hens) fresh and have them dressed in a very short time…intriguing stuff. A little rain dampened things down but we had finished for the day .We have been very fortunate with the weather as it had been raining a lot in the north and they have had serious flooding damaging houses and bridges. Maybe we won’t get to see that part of Morocco if it doesn’t stop. Nick has been off a little so we decided to stay a day or so extra as we still had to meet Hassan who was going to host us. Nick decided to sleep the next day so as it was Australia day I had breakfast by myself…..took photos with the Australian flag then went shopping to the market. I did not get lost and found a café for yummy cake and coffee Moroccan style. Nick and I celebrated Australia Day in the courtyard of the hotel with the produce I had procured earlier along with the flag and all the staff thought it was funny as we were all set up there by ourselves.
They were all caring about Nick right down to the cleaner who thought it was because the room was not clean enough. We really enjoyed that hotel. That afternoon Hassan turned up and we had to talk to him in the salon as he could not go upstairs to the room. The hotel was built and opened in 1930’s and is the best example of art deco in Meknes.
It really was very quaint and so were the staff.
It is the one you see on the postcards of Morocco. To see it in person was fantastic and it was also opposite the big square that would have been the hive of activity except it was cold and threatening to rain. 
Well, thinking about it we actually did get a little lost in the Souq and wandered around looking at things we might not have found. Like the very artistic displays of food in the food market. This is a display of olives.
Again there you could buy your chickens (hens) fresh and have them dressed in a very short time…intriguing stuff. A little rain dampened things down but we had finished for the day .We have been very fortunate with the weather as it had been raining a lot in the north and they have had serious flooding damaging houses and bridges. Maybe we won’t get to see that part of Morocco if it doesn’t stop. Nick has been off a little so we decided to stay a day or so extra as we still had to meet Hassan who was going to host us. Nick decided to sleep the next day so as it was Australia day I had breakfast by myself…..took photos with the Australian flag then went shopping to the market. I did not get lost and found a café for yummy cake and coffee Moroccan style. Nick and I celebrated Australia Day in the courtyard of the hotel with the produce I had procured earlier along with the flag and all the staff thought it was funny as we were all set up there by ourselves. 
They were all caring about Nick right down to the cleaner who thought it was because the room was not clean enough. We really enjoyed that hotel. That afternoon Hassan turned up and we had to talk to him in the salon as he could not go upstairs to the room. The hotel was built and opened in 1930’s and is the best example of art deco in Meknes. 
It really was very quaint and so were the staff.
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