Meknes

Friday, I decided I needed to get out of Rabat, so I went with Caitie and Gabriel to Meknes. We had dinner at a little pub while watching the france vs. netherlands soccer game and then got a cheap room in a little hotel. In the morning, we had a walking tour around the city from a guy we met on the street. Meknes is a cool little city, and is a lot less touristic than most of the other cities I have visited. I'm starting to notice and appreciate more the color schemes of the different cities. Each city has a different color, which most of the buildings are painted. Marrakesh is red, Rabat is white, Meknes is green. It's really cool to notice the differences when traveling around morocco. Our guide got us a taxi and took us to vouluboulis, which are the Roman ruins just outside of Meknes. It was awesome to see and imagine the Romans living in the middle of morocco. There was even a room in the castle that was specifically for vomiting because the Roman's were so lazy and ate too much. We ran into a tour group, and a girl from New Orleans started talking to me and when I told her I was living in Morocco for the summer she responded, "really? there's nothing to do here" and walked away. I just laughed.