On Saturday myself and Katie (she is somebody who has been on most of these trips) went to Meknes. The others did not really want to do anything on Saturday, so it was only us. We toured the medina and then found the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, but it is being restored. We then went for lunch. We had lunch at a rooftop restaurant, and the food was a Moroccan dish. I forget the name of the dish. There are many different museums to see in Meknes so I will have to go back there sometime.
On Sunday many people went to Volubilis and Moulay Idriss. Volubilis is a Roman ruin, and it is was a complete city, so it is pretty significant. There were many cool monuments and houses to tour. Some of the buildings were massive, and others crumbled. There was a restored olive press. In the museum that is currently under construction had explanations of many things, and there was also a review of the history of the city. We left sooner than I would have liked because everyone was hungry.
Moulay Idriss was a good place to walk around. We got lunch at a hotel type thing. I had a tajine, and it was excellent. There was a mausoleum that we could not enter because it is reserved for Muslims. We then went to go see a Roman aqueduct.
The aqueduct was quite impressive. It was gigantic, and the fact it still stands is amazing to me. We took a group photo, and our driver joined us for the picture. The driver is a very cool guy, and I will talk about in the next post too.
This post is not for last weekend but the one before that. This weekend's post will be next.
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