MOROCCO fes
fes turned out to be an unexpected cultural stop as we got to know a local family and spend some time with them! we were using the internet when a local guy (hatim) and chris hit it off talking about futbol, and hatim soon invited us upstairs to eat cuscus with his family. we got introduced to his family and then waited for his mother to prepare our meal! they didn’t have a kitchen table to eat at, but something like a coffee table in front of sofas which aligned the walls. it was pretty amazing since these were multi-purpose sofas, as they were also used for lounging and sleeping. although they had a vacant unit upstairs, they didn’t use it and i could see that family was very important since they seemed to do everything together and time seemed to center around its members. what a change from the states where most people have their own room and want of privacy!
hatim’s little sister halima wanted to show us around, and once day she invited us to the hamam. when i heard that it is something like a turkish bath, i imaged hot thermal pools and relaxing massages. . .just like the one in hungary. so it was quite a surprise when we got to a sauna-type thing with people scrubbing themselves in a steamy room with warm water. dirty water with dead skin was not exactly being flushed away to the two drain piped in the middle of the big room, so it kind of pooled around everyone. sick. the scrubby thing they use is amazing in that it scrubs all the dead skin away, but just by thinking about it i am getting itchy. atleast we survived and it was quite an experience!
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