What worked on Friday

Things that Worked:
1) Majorelle Garden - very pretty. calm. relaxing. bamboo. succulents. water elements. good ideas.
2) Shops in "New Town" (built several hundred years ago) - Amazing buildings and equally amazing antiques
3) Ensemble Artisinal - Government run arts center. No haggling. Lots of different artists at work. Source of felt balls mentioned earlier. (the only drawback was learning that we overpayed for Yona's carpet)
4) Shower - It was good and cold
5) Synagogue according to Yona - She got to talk to rabbi in Hebrew and interesting design
6) Watching kids - Playing soccer and one girl who was inspired to have an extended session of jump rope, only problem she lacked the rope
7) Phone call try seven - scored us a good hotel in Fez with a pool!!

Things that did not work so well:
1) "Air conditioning" in room
2) Hotel Mamuonia for lunch - Denied refreshing lunch by pool and imacullate gardens for dress code reasons
3) lunch at Hotel Ali - Guidebook-promised lunch overlooking Medina only served at dinner. learned after 6 flights of stairs.
4) Internet cafe one - No English keyboards, enough with the a's and q's problem
5) Internet cafe two - No internet, 900 degrees
6) Spice market - just for tourists, not too exciting
7) Cemetary - closed for shabbat
8) Yona's inspiration to jump off the bus early - led to long walk for number 9
9) Al Fassia restaurant for dinner - Daniel recommended it and book confirmed it. Turns out it is in Fez, not Marrakesh! (blame goes to guidebook, not Daniel)
10) Phone calls try 1-6 - Wrong number and area code in book!
11) Synagogue acconding to Josh - didn't speak hebrew so I was left out and it is a little sad to see how so many once vibrant communities are dying