welcome to fez
what is up guys and welcome to a new video today i'm in fez morocco which is the second largest
city in morocco and located in the northern part of the country and the main thing to do here
in fez is to explore the medina which is the old city and is the largest medina in the entire world
there are over 9 000 stalls and vendors so we're just going to get lost and see what we can find
this is like the narrow alleyways that run all throughout the medina you have vendors on both
sides it's a little bit hectic pretty loud tons of people coming up trying to sell you some stuff
but it's really really beautiful and has this nice interesting atmosphere uh just
walking around the medina so we're gonna try to get some food maybe and see some more stuff
so to start off i'm gonna try to get some food i've come to a little stall that sells
some sandwiches and omelets and all kinds of stuff so we're going to see what we can get
hello one chicken sandwich no uh what else
vegetables okay yeah one so i'm getting a vegetable sandwich
and it's basically just like a baguette with a
bunch of vegetables in it and i think we're gonna get it toasted
hello salaam alaikum this is my friend
morocco yes this one is nice
i'm hoping maybe around the corner there will be something else for me to try got some dates
some sugar treats and then we have some french inspired pastries
is it eclair yeah can i have one so i'm getting a little eclair here
so this is the french inspired chakran
can i get one coffee as well
no just espresso all right so i'm getting a little eclair and an espresso
and i've actually been really really surprised walking around the medina and here in fez which
is my first place here in morocco that coffee is actually really really popular no sugar thank you
good i'm gonna try the eclair
got cream inside
morocco is a language arab french good friend because the french had once colonized morocco
you'll find a lot of french-speaking moroccans
and you'll also find some french-inspired food and culture like the eclair and then you just
have your classic espresso so i'm going to enjoy and continue walking around the market
six is this for 10.
this llama i just finished a coffee and an eclair which isn't necessarily
the first thing i would think of to eat when coming to morocco but
walking around the medina here there are actually a lot of stalls selling coffee and eclairs as well
and for both the coffee and the eclair it was 10 diram which is a little more than one us dollar
so i'm here at another stall and it just grabbed my attention because there's a woman making some
dough by hand and then there's this really interesting hot plate that she cooks the
dough on so you can see here she is rubbing out the dough she's gonna put it on that flaming hot
plate and then it's i think a sweet dough from what i've been told but it's hard to
really tell what it is because there's a little bit of a language barrier but really really cool
i've been walking around the medina for a little bit now and from what i've found
is that if you take a moment to try to connect and talk with some of the vendors at their
stalls they're actually really really kind but you also have some of the aggressive hecklers
so a little bit of a mix but if you take your time you can find some really kind people
so i was walking around at the maze here and i heard some noises it sounded kind of like
construction and i've come across a couple stalls that are building products and refining products
and there's this one guy here that is sharpening knives and other tools with this wooden wheel on
his foot it's super super cool super interesting never seen anything like this check this out
i've come across an area of the medina that is super super noisy but it's
where tons of men are making copper goods from pots to teacups to pans
and there are some people restoring old pans and pots as well
everyone has a different job from molding and forming the copper to restoring some of the
copper so it's really really interesting really really cool but really loud and really chaotic
i stumbled upon a little stand with some pomegranate juice
which is really common here in the medina so i'm going to get some i love pomegranate juice and
i'm just getting a glass of pomegranate juice for six dom which is about 60 cents us or so
i'm drinking my pomegranate juice in this tiny alleyway in the medina here in
fez and for me pomegranate juice is just one of those things that
reminds me of this part of the world so it makes me really really happy and super tasty
one of the most famous things in the medina here in fez are the tanneries which are places where
men actually dye leather so they make the leather tan brown bronze yellow blue with
natural dyes and you can see actually how they do it so it should be really really interesting
here inside the tanneries you can see the men in the tubs of water with other stuff inside
actually dying the leather goods
from what i've been told the dyes are completely natural and to get
the brown color they actually often use pigeon poop and poop of other animals
so it's pretty interesting and not as glamorous as you may think
it's really interesting just to be here and see how the tanning process of the lover goods takes
place and yeah it's really not as glamorous it does smell because you're surrounded by
a lot of different animal feces sometimes they do give you a mint leaf to hold above your nose
to help with the smell but i thought i would be fine and just experience it the natural way
i'm here standing among the tanneries and from what i've been told there are a
handful of different families that own the tanneries each with a few different tubs
some of the vats are for cleaning the leather goods some are for dying
and it's really really interesting just to see the process and how it's made and
how it gets to the finished good that you and i see in the store every day
the last step to making the leather is the machine wash and there's this huge circular
machine that washes all the leather really really neat huge
that was a really intense experience but really interesting just to see the whole process
do be warned that visiting the tanneries they will expect you to tip them they will start with
a really really high price so you can bargain down a little bit how much you will give them after a
little tour or just for taking some pictures but i think it's really worth it and really interesting
just to see how the leather is actually made and died i've been walking around the medina here for
a couple hours now and i've made it back to a food section of the market and i'm super super hungry
so i'm going to try to find something to eat and i'm curious to see what it's going to be
hello do you want to try the best sandwich the best sandwich what uh is this beef and chicken
beef and chicken yes let's make it together with onion percy the peas he's number one
favorites for any people and i promise if you like giving money don't take it free
shall we
it's 10 yes and a pizza yeah one okay i'll try one okay i trust you
all right so i got my sandwich here so let's see how it tastes
pretty good you can't go wrong and this sandwich
costs 10 dirham which is a little over one us dollar
that was actually really tasty and for 10 dirham or a little more than one us dollar
you just can't beat it what is your name
salah aha
state washington dc oh my god welcome my friend thank you it's a pleasure so do you like orange
big one uh the big one all right big big big one after my sandwich i'm getting a
little orange juice here with some vodka inside no all the oranges
the best fresh juice in the world best fresh juice in the world
place for 10 dam which is a little more than one us dollar i got myself a nice
fresh squeezed orange juice here so i'm just gonna enjoy my orange
juice and continue to walk around the medina
you can spend an entire day in the medina here in fez and still not see everything there is
just so much to see taste and explore but i'm going to end the vlog here for today i hope you
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