We took the morning train to Marrakesh out of Fes through the high-rises of Nouvelle Fes, and then rolled by the disadvantaged burbs: unfinished ravaged apartments, weatherbeaten dwellings with paint peeled away in patches, shantytowns behind low concrete walls looking like they have been created out of landfills. After that, the flat brown landscape parceled into…
Day: October 26, 2022
Moving on to Marrakech
Up relatively early, we went downstairs for breakfast to find our young Hassan (the staffer who has attended us for breakfast and dinners), sound asleep on a sofa, all lights off, no one in the office. Uh oh. We cleared our throats to wake Hassan up. He popped up, sprang into action, and in 15 minutes…