Just back from an amazing weekend. My first one while here in Morocco. This weekend a few of us went to Fes and then to Sefrou. Can I just say humbling and eye opening experiences! The weekend started off with a tour of the medina in Fes where we got to see a tannery. Awesome yet kind of gross. Then it was off to the medicine man to get some tips on herbal healing. The tour guide then took us to a place where they hand make rugs. I cannot even explain it. The poor women sitting in a HOT room making rugs by tieing knot after knot for months at a time to make one rug. The women were so nice by taking the time to show us how it was done. The last stop was scarf making. Then we had a lovely dinner and drinks under the stars. Fes was so beautiful with all the fountains and people everywhere. Saturday we went to Sefrou and stayed in a lovely little hostel that made me want to sing Aladdin songs while jumping from rooftop to rooftop. We went on a 4 hour hike around the area to the most uninhabited places where there were like 10 people living in little houses where the Berber ladies made buttons for clothes and the men worked the land. It was such an amazing experience. We even met a lovely little lady named Mama Aisha who is anywhere from 85 to 100 (no one quite knows). She was so amazing. The lovely lady invited us into her "house" for tea...did I mention that her house was a cave where she lives alone. She even was so kind to put a bucket of water on her head and dance around! So incredible!!!! I was in awe of seeing how the people lived.