tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52934392478851861292024-03-13T13:39:59.806-07:00AMICS DE FESUna visió personal, més enllà de l'enumeració de llocs, rutes i viatges; cultura àrab, persones, medina, riads,...quimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821625553006680470noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293439247885186129.post-40833958347784552512011-11-03T16:10:00.000-07:002011-11-03T16:10:58.077-07:0012. INAUGURACIÓ: BARCELONA CAFE ART GALLERY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Per fi ja és una realitat. No ha estat fàcil. La distància ho dificulta una mica. Viatges, comunicacions a distància, malentesos, transports de mobiliari des de Barcelona, seguiment de les obres, ... Tots els problemes i maldecaps han estat superats gràcies a l'amistat i compromís que ens uneix a tots els socis. Fins al punt que socis no és la paraula que defineix ni de lluny la nostra relació. I aprofito l'ocasió per agrair a dos bons amics, el Xavi i el Quim, el seu suport en el moment clau de donar els tocs finals durant el cap de setmana intens de treball i diversió que va precedir l'obertura.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">Ara tots els entrebancs ja són història i estem satisfets del resultat, molt satisfets. És allò que volíem que fos. Sempre hi ha coses a millorar però creiem que té un aroma especial, un ambient únic que el fa diferent de tot allò que l'envolta. El video n'és una petita mostra que no li fa prou justícia, però que ajuda a fer-se'n una idea. Ben aviat us enviaré més notícies, fotografies i informació pertinent per si mai us decidiu a anar a Fès i passar-vos pel nostre bar-galeria. Fins ara mateix. Us hi esperem.</span></div>quimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821625553006680470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293439247885186129.post-184216044857585512011-10-05T07:14:00.000-07:002011-10-09T11:55:40.046-07:0011. CATALANA DE FÈS: BARCELONA CAFÈ<div style="color: white; text-align: justify;">
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Hem comprat i estem acondicionant un local en un dels carrers principals de la Medina, Tala'a Kabira. </div>
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Després de molts viatges a la ciutat, ens vam adonar que si bé la seva atmosfera proporciona a l'hoste una infinitat de sensacions, no és menys cert que l'estretor dels seus carrers -que condueixen a tot arreu, si som capaços de no perdre'ns-hi-; la quantitat de gent en processó desordenada; les mínimes distàncies interpersonals, a què no estem acostumats; les olors intenses i noves que ho envaeixen tot; les menges saboroses però fortament especiades; la constant insistència dels comerciants, obsessionats a vendre'ns qualsevol cosa, a qualsevol preu -que caldrà negociar fins a l'esgotament-; les músiques, que a les nostres orelles semblent laments indesxifrables; demanen, de tant en tant, un respir.</div>
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Això és precisament el que nosaltres ens proposem d'oferir: un respir. En la mateixa mesura que el nostre ryad d'ensomni, proporciona l'esperat descans de tot el brogit exterior al final de cada jornada, volem oferir una pausa al viatger, un portaló que permeti entrar, per uns instants, en un món menys saturat, més distès i relaxat. Un lloc on poder prendre un cafè, un pastisset, un refresc, en pau. En un ambient més proper als nostres costums, però alhora també atípic.</div>
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Perquè hem percebut la sensació contradictòria de tenir unes ganes boges d'anar-hi i alhora enyorar tornar quan ens hi hem quedat massa dies. Potser aquestes estacions en la sinuosa ruta de Fès, que permeten desconnectar temporalment de l'ambient que t'envolta, poden esdevenir un punt d'equilibri entre els dos mons. Un equilibri que ens ha de permetre gaudir la Medina amb plenitud i forces renovades.</div>
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Aquesta estació a mig camí té un nom: Barcelona Cafè. Atureu-vos-hi, no us en penedireu.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We <span> </span>bought and now we are fitting out </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">some premises in one of the main
streets in </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">the </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Medina</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Tala'a Kabira</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">After many trips to the city, we realized <span> </span>that even though the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">atmosphere
provides the host an infinity of sensations</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">it </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">is equally true that the narrowness of its</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">streets , leading <span> </span>everywhere, if we are able of not
getting lost there; the amount of people in untidy procession; the minimum
interpersonal distances, which we are not used to; the intense and new odours
that invade everything; the special tasty dishes but strongly</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">spiced</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">; the constant insistence of the traders, obsessed to sell us anything at
any price -that it will be necessary to negotiate until </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">exhaustion</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">; the music, that for our</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">ears seems indecipherable wails; all
of these ask, from time to time, for a break. This is precisely what we intend<span> </span>to offer: a break. In the same way that
our fairy-</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">like</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">ryad</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> provides the expected rest from all
the noise outside at the end of each day, we would like to offer a pause to the
traveller, a door which allows to enter, for a moment, in a less saturated,
more distended and relaxed world. A place to take a coffee, a cake, a cool
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perceived the contradictory sensation of having some crazy desires to go there
and <span> </span>at the same time miss to be
back home when we have been there</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> for too many days. Maybe these</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">stations </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">in the sinuous route </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Fes </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which allow to disconnect temporarily of the environment that
surrounds you, may become a balance between the two worlds. A balance that will
allow us to enjoy the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Medina</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">with plenitude and renewed </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">strength</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.This</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> halfway </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">station</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">has a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">name</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">: </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Barcelona
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Entre gelosies, penombra, encens, càntics, oracions. Una mà, una altra mà. Mirades. Somriures. Tagim. Un brindis. Ja està fet. Cap document, cap paper, només un compromís verbal. Una voluntat compartida. Ens hem donat la mà amb una rialla sincera, al voltant d'una taula i hem menjat i begut per celebrar i segellar l'acord. Cinc amics i un projecte comú i compartit. Queda constituïda la societat Catalana de Fes. Hi hem arribat sense esforç. Una estranya inèrcia ens mantenia estables en la direcció que inconscientment ja havíem anat traçant des de feia temps en els nostres somnis.<br />
L'objectiu? Divertir-se emprenent una aventura que res té a veure amb el que fèiem fins ara. Divertir-se, certament, però posant tota la il.lusió en aquest projecte per tal que esdevingui una realitat. Una realitat que doni fruits i reforci el lligam amb aquesta ciutat màgica. Entre tots hem dissenyat allò que volem crear. Pretenem incorporar un nou pantone en l'acolorida paleta de Fès. Una altra tonalitat que pugui agrair el turista i l'àrab que cerca alguna cosa diferent. No inventem res, només volem reinterpretar i treure de context. Us agradarà. N'estic segur. Ara toca posar-nos mans a l'obra. Per tant si m'ho permeteu, us deixo una estona, però torno desseguida per explicar-vos amb detall en què consisteix tot plegat, i per què creiem que pot ser del vostre interès. No marxeu. Fins ara. <br />
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hand, another hand. Looks. Smiles.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US">Tagim</span></span><span class="apple-style-span">. A toast</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">It is </span></span><span class="apple-style-span">already
done. No document or formal paper, just a verbal agreement. A shared will. We shook hands with a
sincere laugh around a table and we ate and drank to celebrate and to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">seal</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">the
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without effort. A strange inertia kept us stable in the direction that
unconsciously we had been drawing in our dreams for a long time .</span> <span class="apple-style-span">The objective? Undertaking a fun adventure that has
nothing to do with what we have been doing so far. Enjoying oneself, certainly,
but putting all the enthusiasm in this project so that it becomes a reality. A
reality that gives fruits and reinforces the bond with this magical city.</span><span class="alternative"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">Together</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> we have designed what we want to create. We intend to
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the colorful </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">palette of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">Fez.
Another </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">tonality</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">that
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it is time to start working. Therefore, if you allow me, I leave you for a
while, but I will back really soon to explain in detail what is all this about,
and why we believe that</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US">it</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">can be of your interest. Do not go. See you.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></div>
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Hi ha una peça clau en tot plegat. Vull dir en el fet que Fès m'hagi captivat. Perquè a vegades no n'hi ha prou amb l'encant que respira un lloc per si sol. Perquè es fa difícil entendre de debò un país, una ciutat, un lloc del món, únicament a través de la visió distant, més o menys atzarosa o guiada que podem planificar a través de la lectura d'experiències d'altres o acompanyats d'algun guia turístic. La veritable comprensió i enamorament no sorgeix de la seva arquitectura, paisatges, espectacles,... sinó, i sobretot, de la seva gent; d'entendre com viuen, com pensen, com senten. I esforçar-se a viure-ho com si fossis un d'ells, entre ells i amb ells.</div>
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I, per a nosaltres, la peça clau en això té un nom: Fayçal.</div>
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Un jove del país que s'ha volcat a fer-nos entendre i viure la seva realitat. Ens hi ha fet entrar per la porta de darrere, sense pretencions ni artificis, sense disfressar res, a peu de carrer. Ens ha explicat i ens ha dut a llocs senzills, des d'on no veus la cultura i tradicions d'un poble, sinó que les vius i les pots capir. Però, sobretot, i molt més important encara, perquè la seva manera de ser ens ha permès, d'una manera recíproca, entregar-nos-hi amb confiança i encetar uns interessants vincles d'amistat en molt poc temps.</div>
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Un jove amb il.lusions, amb iniciativa, amb projectes, amb idees noves en un lloc poc procliu al canvi. Amb l'empenta d'engegar peripècies comercials, perquè creu en el seu país, en la seva emergència indiscutible -encara que lenta- cap a situacions de major benestar i progrés.</div>
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Darrerament ens ha fet propostes interessants per associar-nos i emprendre un projecte empresarial al cor de la Medina de Fès. Jo crec que no sabrem dir que no. Quina temptació! Quin repte! Què excitant!</div>
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<span lang="CA">A FRIEND IN FÈS</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">There is a key element
in all this. I mean in the fact </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">that</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">Fès</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">has captivated me. Because
sometimes there is not enough with the charm that breathes a place by itself
alone. Because</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> it becomes really difficult to</span><span class="apple-style-span"> understand a
country, a city, a place of the world, just only through the distant, more or
less hazardous or guided vision that we can plan through the reading of
experiences of others or accompanied of some touristic guide. The true understanding
and love does not come from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">its</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">architecture, shows and events,
landscapes... but, above all, of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">its</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> people; to understand how they live, how they think and feel. And striving to
live it as if you were one of them, among</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">them and with them. </span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span">And, for us, the key
element in all this has a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">name</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">Fayçal</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">.</span><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span">A youngster of the country that he has</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">bent over backwards for making</span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA"> us</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> understand and live his
reality.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">He</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span">has made us enter into this reality through the back door, without</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">being pretentious</span></span><span class="apple-style-span">, without disguising anything, </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">as
simple as that. </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">He</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span">has explained and</span><span class="alternative"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">taken us to common places, from where you do not just see the
culture and traditions of some</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">people</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">, but you live them and you can understand them. But
especially and even much more
important , because </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">his</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">way of life has allowed us, in a
reciprocal manner, to abandon ourselves with confidence and to begin some
interesting bonds of friendship in a very short time. A youngster with dreams, with initiative,
with projects, with new ideas in a place little prone to the change. With the
push of turning on commercial vicissitudes, because he believes in his country,
in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">its </span></span><span class="apple-style-span">indisputable emergency -although slow- towards situations of major</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="alternative"> </span><span class="alternative"><span lang="CA">well-being</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">and progress. Lately, he has
made us interesting proposals to associate ourselves and to undertake a
business project in the heart</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">of the </span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">Medina</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="CA">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="CA"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="CA">Fès</span></span><span class="apple-style-span">. I believe that we won’t be able to refuse it. What a temptation! What a challenge! How exciting!</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Un dels dies vam sopar dins un Riad, convidats pel fill de l’amo, un xicot molt agradable que és qui gestiona el Riad Daar Noor on ens allotgem. Un lloc preciós, molt carregat de decoració, com aquí s’acostuma, amb una il.luminació romàntica que convidava a gaudir-ne amb intimitat. Però avesats a rebre turistes, sempre t’acaven sorprenent amb algun espectacle inesperat. I entre plats actuacions de música i danses tradicionals i noies ballant la dansa del ventre, tapades únicament per vels acolorits. Vels que contrasten amb la idea, no pas inventada, de la dona mora tapada de cap a peus.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Aquells cossos joves de moviments sinuosos que mostraven molts centímetres de pell amb impudícia no són però la mostra que alguna cosa està canviant al Marroc. És el que és i punt. I deu ser tan antic com el nicab, el burca, el xador o l'hijab. Malgrat tot, jo sí crec que les coses estan canviant. La Medina, ciutat santa i recer de costums i tradicions, i de la religiositat més pura, és plena de joves, nois i noies, que malden per imitar estereotips i estètiques del nostre món. I no és gens estrany veure noies amb pantalons arrapats, sabates de talons i bones dosis de maquillatge passejant amb desinvoltura i normalitat per la ciutat, sense amagar la seva bellesa, ans al contrari, mostrant-la amb orgull. A fora la Medina, a la ciutat nova, això és encara més habitual i acceptat. La tecnologia –internet, antenes parabòliques-, i els corrents migratoris han obert un camí, que esperem que sigui de no retorn, cap a un món més democràtic i lliure, especialment per a la dona.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">BETWEEN
DISH AND DISH: REFLECTIONS OF A
CHANGE?</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">One day, we had
dinner in a Riad, invited by the owner’s son – a nice guy who runs the Noor
Daar Riad where we stayed. A lovely place, traditionally loaded of decoration,
with a romantic lighting that</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">invited to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">enjoy</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">it with
privacy. But used to receive tourists, they always end surprising you with some
unexpected show. And between dishes, music and traditional dance performances-
girls dancing the belly dance, covered only by colorful veils.</span></span><span class="Ttulo3Car" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Veils which contrast with the idea, not invented, of the Moorish woman
covered from head to toe.</span></span><span class="Ttulo3Car" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Those young bodies of sinuous movements that show many centimeters of
skin</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">with impudence</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">are not an example</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">that something is changing in Morocco. It is what it is and that’s all.
And it must be as ancient</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">as the niqab, the burka, the chador or the hijab. However, I do believe
that things are changing. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Medina</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">, the holy city and shelter of habits and traditions, and of the purest
religiousness, is full of youngsters, boys and girls, who strive to imitate
stereotypes and aesthetics of our world. And it is not strange at all to see
girls with tight trousers, high-heeled shoes and good doses of make-up strolling with
ease and normality along the streets, without hiding their beauty, on the
contrary, showing it with pride. Outside the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Medina</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">, in the new city, this is even more common and accepted. Technology
-the Internet, satellite dishes-, and migratory flows have opened a path, which
we expect is of no return, towards a more democratic and free world, especially
for women.</span><span lang="ES"></span></span></div>
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</style>Avui toca visitar una adoberia de pell. Medina avall, que no vol dir cap al sud, sinó més aviat cap a l’est, visitarem entre altres coses una “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">madrasah</i>”<span class="eacep"><span lang="EN-GB"> (escola musulmana d’estudis superiors)</span></span>, el mausoleu del Moulay Idriss i la plaça Seffarine on sentim el repicar constant i cadenciós dels artesans del coure.</div>
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Ningú no sembla tenir pressa i si fa més de dos dies que vam arribar a Fes, se’ns farà difícil recordar en quin dia vivim. Aquí el temps l’intuïm realment com a cíclic en sentit estricte; un cicle que dura vint-i-quatre hores i que retorna inexorablement un dia i un altre, sense esperar res, més enllà d’un nou “avui”. Com si el futur no existís. Els cicles més llargs -o la concepció linial del temps- que el nostre imaginari representa en els nostres països d’origen, aquí perden sentit. Potser perquè allà esperem el divendres tan bon punt encetem el dilluns, potser perquè necessitem dibuixar horitzons finits que ens concedeixin assolir fites a mig termini, potser perquè necessitem creure que cada etapa ens autoritza a recomençar de nou... Però ara i aquí –el fet d’estar de vacances també hi ajuda- el temps pren una altra dimensió. Una dimensió que ens permet, fins i tot, anar enrere; just en el moment en què, després d’ensumar un bri de menta i arribar al terrat de la fabrica de pell, ens aboquem a la balconada que dóna a les piscines multicolors de tintats.</div>
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La menta és per suavitzar l’olor intensa i gens agradable dels tractaments de la pell. Al davant nostre una imatge fantàstica de colors saturats si no fos, és clar, per les condicions de treball d’uns joves que de ben segur s’hi van deixant la pell –la seva- dia a dia.</div>
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És una mostra més de totes les comoditats que tenim a casa nostra i de tot el que hauríem de fer per mirar de millorar les que encara tenen en altres racons de món. Que la reflexió necessària, no ens tregui però, l’oportunitat del gaudi.</div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">De cap a cap dels carrerons principals, diminutes botiguetes configuren la imatge característica d’aquest país de comerciants per excel.lència. Basars tan extremadament petits on sovint gairebé no hi cap ni el mateix venedor. Com petites balmes esculpides a la paret per encabir-hi tot i més: grumolls, fins a la saturació, de rampoines, souvenirs, i tota mena d’objectes absolutament innecessaris –la major part d’ells- i sense preu. L’import es defineix en el mateix moment de la compra seguint un ritual que ells dominen a la perfecció i que a nosaltres ens deixa sempre amb la sensació que hem acabat pagant més del que calia, però contents. El moment de la transacció no és mai un moment reposat. Des que els nostres ulls es fixen més de dos segons en algun objecte, el venedor ens assetja incansablement per a encolomar-nos la peça i si d’entrada no hi ha un no rotund per part nostra, el preu s’acabarà fixant allà on nosaltres no podrem evitar d’acceptar-lo, convençuts que cal aprofitar l’ocasió. La sensació d’haver pagat en excés vindrà després. </span><br />
<span lang="ES-TRAD">El recorregut triat per en Fuet no és atzarós ni innocent; ell té comisions en aquells comerços on nosaltres acabarem comprant. Potser és la part menys bucòlica de tot plegat, però esdevé absolutament necessària per a ells i, en conseqüència, també per a nosaltres. No miris mai darrera el decorat i gaudeix de la representació com si fos real. I ens anem aturant, i anem avançant, aturant i avançant,...</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">From one end to the other of the main alleys, tiny </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">shops </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">make up the characteristic image of this country of traders. Bazaars which are so small that often not even the same</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">salesman</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> fits. Like small caves carved into the wall to accommodate everything : lumps of souvenirs until the saturation and every kind of absolutely unnecessary objects -the major part of them- and without price. The amount is set at the same time of the purchase, following a ritual that they master to perfection and which always leaves us with the feeling that we ended up paying more than necessary, but happy. The moment of the transaction is never a quiet one. Since our eyes are fixed no more than two seconds on an object , the </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">salesman </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">besieges us tirelessly to lumber us with the piece and if from the very beginning</span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">there is not a categorical no on our part, the price will end up fixed where we will not be able to avoid accepting it, convinced that we must leap at the chance. The sensation of having paid through the nose will come later. The itinerary chosen </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">by </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="unknown"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Fuet</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> is not hazardous nor innocent; he works on a commission basis</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">on those businesses where we will end up buying. Perhaps it is the less bucolic part of everything, but it becomes absolutely necessary for them and, consequently, also for us. Do not ever look behind the scenery and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">enjoy the performance as real. And we keep on stopping, and we keep on advancing, stopping and advancing...</span></span></div>
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Mentre encara esmorzem arriba en Fuet, el nostre guia de la jellaba marró. Serà ell qui ens menarà -com un pastor el seu ramat- a les millors pastures de la medina. Pastures que atiparan el cap, el cor i l’esperit. I de tant en tant, també enganyarem l’estòmac. És un tipus rialler. Sembla un bon home, però no inspira la mateixa confiança que l’Alaui. S’asseu pacientment en un sofà d’una estança anexa d’on som nosaltres a esperar que estiguem a punt de marxa. Quan tothom està llest, ens despedim de la Radja –l’Alaui ha desaparegut- i travessem la gran porta de l’entrada. La porta, amb la mà de Fàtima que en fa de protectora, separa dues dimensions, dos móns que poc tenen a veure l’un amb l’altre, més enllà de compartir una cultura mil.lenària que en altres temps havia estat poderosa i capdavantera. De res serveix tot el que hem après abans, durant anys d’estudi i de vida als nostres països de més al nord. Cal despullar-se de prejudicis, angúnies, temors, fins i tot de les regles que ordenen les nostres activitats diàries. Observar, deixar-se dur i empapar-se a poc a poc de vida. En fuet detecta la nostra inseguretat i el nostre analfabetisme cultural i ens atura abans d’iniciar la ruta que ell té prevista. Només vol donar-nos unes indicacions bàsiques. De fet cinc paraules de vocabulari àrab i un consell. Les paraules: “som-hi, compte, aturar-se, hola, gràcies”. El consell: no despistar-se; la medina és realment un laberint difícil fins i tot per a alguns d’ells. Som-hi, doncs.</div>
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Tinc un deute amb la noia del somriure tímid, la veritable responsable del nostre benestar dins de casa –vull dir dins el riad, que és com casa nostra. Així com l’alaui esdevé el nostre salconduit al laberint, la Radja –aquest és el nom de la nostra amfitriona mora- és la pau del retorn a la llar, la rialla amable i tranquil.litzadora, i el descans del caminant. De bon matí ens la trobem al costat d’una taula escrupulosament parada, fent-nos una petita reverència amb el cap, gairebé imperceptible, i amb la mateixa rialla de sempre.</div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">-Bonjour! Vous avez bien dormi? V</span>eux un café?, un jus?- ens diu la Radja.</div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Una altra noia l’ajuda a la cuina i a l’hora de servir el menjar. Per a nosaltres, que ens sentim a casa, la relació jeràrquica, de servei, entre les noies i nosaltres, ens sorprèn sense incomodar-nos. A elles les incomoda el tracte cordial i veure’ns entrar a la cuina a buscar qualsevol cosa, les incomoda i les sorprèn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Per esmorzar: croisants, torrades, una mena de donuts, pa de pessic, ous esparracats, suc, mantega, mermelada, cafè, llet, tot plegat prou energètic per encetar una llarga immersió a peu per la medina. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;">دعنا نذهب </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> "</span></span>I ala"!!! (que vol dir "som-hi")</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have a debt with the girl of the shy smile, the true responsible of our welfare in the house – I mean inside the riad, which is like our house. As Alaui becomes our safe-conduct to the maze, Radja – this is the name of our Moroccan hostess - represents the peace of getting back home, the kind, reassuring smile and the relief after hours of endlessly walking. Early in the morning we find her next to a beautifully laid table , with a slight curtsy, almost imperceptible, greets each of us always with the same shy smile.</span></div>
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El segon dia a Fes i encara no us he parlat de l'Alaui; un personatge important en aquesta història. No, no ha estat un descuit. He volgut respectar -ni que només fos per un temps- la seva voluntat de passar desapercebut, de no esdevenir mai protagonista, de ser-hi sense que es noti. Però ell hi ha estat de bon principi i ara, amb el seu permís, us el vull presentar. </div>
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Rera el seu posat seriós, misteriós i fins i tot tristoi, que molts interpretarien com a poc amable i maleducat, s'hi amaga un personatge singular, que a petites pinzellades deixa entreveure el seu caràcter bonhomiós i servicial. Ens va acompanyar en arribar a la medina des d'una de les seves 7 portes fins al riad, amb el cap cot, una mà a la butxaca, una cigarreta a l'altra, i a certa distància de nosaltres., que seguíem el guia de la jellaba marró i ni ens adonàvem de la seva existència. I un cop al riad, acabada la seva missió, es va fer fonedís. A voltes el tornàvem a veure a la cuina, assegut en una cadira amb la mirada perduda, potser fent companyia a la cuinera -la noia del somriure tímid- o simplement esperant que algú li fes algun encàrrec; altres vegades apareixia a la terrassa per amansir el gos que bordava en sentir la nostra presència: es quedava al seu costat, mirant-lo, com si xerrés amb ell, com si s'entenguessin amb la mirada i es quedava allà, immòbil d'esquena a nosaltres, i desapareixia quan el gos callava. I sempre amb la seva cigarreta als llavis. Tenia l'encàrrec de cuidar de nosaltres, d'estar a la nostra disposició, i ho feia amb la major discreció possible. </div>
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Vivia al riad, n'era el vigilant i un dels homes de confiança de la mestressa, però gairebé mai no el veies ni el senties. Quan sortíem a deshores ens acompanyava, sempre en silenci i un xic allunyat de nosaltres. Uns cops havíem de seguir-lo, altres cops era ell qui ens seguia. Ens observava, i si creia que algú podia molestar-nos ens adelantava i ens feia caminar més ràpid o s'aturava i esperava que passéssim. Segurament semblava més vell del que realment era, però estava fort i àgil. Ens donava seguretat i esdevenia el garant de preservar el fil que ens permetia tornar a casa sense perdre'ns. L'ombra del nostre errant invisible era la nostra escorta; sabíem que hi era i, fins i tot quan no el vèiem, sentíem la seva presència i ens recomfortava.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Embriagats per l’atmosfera del nostre palauet de somni: entre llum d’espelmes, de làmpades que pengen de sostres altíssims, voltats de catifes, coixins, domassos, canelobres, mosaics, acompanyats pel so dels 7 dolls de la font de l’estança principal de la planta baixa, reposem una estona abans de sopar. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Al voltant d’una taula parada amb molta cura, fascinats per un luxe que contrasta amb el món exterior, la noia de la rialla tímida ens serveix un àpat reconfortant i saborós de menges gens estranyes. Viandes que sovint formen part de la nostra dieta diària, però que allà adquireixen una nova dimensió per com han estat cuinades i assaonades. Infinitud de platets, en desordre i mig amuntegats, omplen la taula: tabelles, albergínia escalibada, carabassó, samfaina, pastanaga, amanida, patates, llenties, olives. La nostra condició d’europeus ens permet gaudir d’una copa de vi i, segurament, d’un tiberi molt més generós del que poden regalar-se la majoria de marroquins de Fes. De segon, un exquisit tagim de pollastre amb llimona i de postres fruita. Res d’especial, però esperant trobar-nos rareses gastronòmiques potser difícils per al nostre paladar, ens sap a glòria. Res d’especial, però sí força especiat; segurament el condiment és l’element que li confereix la diferència més important. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVzM67w6kyCZnMnJOfYVZdnQqOYk2KJwgVjA8jtQVkwG7xpal3O1p5anYuayDwYaS7ZzkI8WjCMwl-3GY2xB1ZjT4K2L0GWpY5Ja2qYruimlQGZnWHOe61A5nxwt5-AXkz1o25D2S7-7G/s1600/IMG_0362web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVzM67w6kyCZnMnJOfYVZdnQqOYk2KJwgVjA8jtQVkwG7xpal3O1p5anYuayDwYaS7ZzkI8WjCMwl-3GY2xB1ZjT4K2L0GWpY5Ja2qYruimlQGZnWHOe61A5nxwt5-AXkz1o25D2S7-7G/s320/IMG_0362web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Havent sopat, un gintònic a la terrasseta exterior de la part més alta del riad, des d’on podem contemplar el desordre arquitectònic de la medina vista des de dalt. L’estretor dels carrers, per on passàvem unes hores abans, ara s’intueix encara més prima, perquè les cases es veuen massa a tocar les unes de les altres per poder-hi dibuixar el mínim corriol entre elles. Silenci i pau en bona comanyia sota un cel estelat.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Tot convida al relaxament. I després de la copa apeteix descansar. Cal anar a dormir d’hora per posar-se en marxa ben aviat, però sense presses. Les habitacions són un luxe asiàtic més d’aquest magnífic resguard. Les cambres es troben al primer pis. Tot just sota nostre, al voltant d’una balconada que dóna al pati de la planta baixa. Bona nit i tapa’t.</span></span><br />
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by the enchanting atmosphere of our <span class="unknown">dreamlike palace</span>,
among light of candles, high ceiling chandeliers, surrounded by colourful
carpets, cushions, mosaics, candelabras, damasks and accompanied by the sound
of the 7 jet <span class="alternative">fountain</span> of the main room on the
ground floor, we rest a while before dinner.<span class="apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; line-height: 115%;">Sitting
around a table laid with a lot of <span class="alternative">care</span>,
fascinated by a luxury that contrasts with the outside, the shy smiling girl
serves us a comforting and tasty meal of special dishes. Food that is often
part of our daily diet, but that acquires a new dimension in that exotic site
due to the way it has been cooked and seasoned.Vast numbers of <span class="unknown">tiny plates</span>, displayed in disorder and half stacked, fill
the table as an starter: <span class="unknown">green beans</span>, pepper and
aubergine, olives, lentils, boiled potatoes and carrots, salad, courgette ….
Our condition of Europeans allows us to enjoy a glass of red wine and,
probably, a much more generous meal than the one most of the Moroccan in Fes
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some fruit as a final dessert. Nothing really strange for us,</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> but
expecting to find gastronomic oddities that might be difficult for our taste,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">the result is</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">glorious.
Nothing really weird, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">but extraordinarily seasoned;
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dinner, a peaceful rest with the help of a comforting gin and tonic in the
terrace on the riad’s top floor, allows us to gaze at the Medina architectural
chaos from above. </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The narrowness of the streets, through where we walked
by some hours before, now seems even thinner because the</span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> houses</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">are so
closed to each other that unable to draw the minimum path </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">among</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">them. Silence and peace in good company under
a starry sky. Everything invites to relax. And when the drink runs out, one
longs for a rest. We need to go to sleep
so that we can set</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">off early
in the morning, but without haste. The rooms are one more Asian luxury of this
magnificent building. The chambers are on the first</span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> floor</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. Just
below us, a large balcony that </span></span><span class="alternative"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">faces</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; line-height: 115%;"> the courtyard of the ground floor. Good night
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L'altre dia vam viatjar a un altre món. Pensàvem que havíem contractat un vol amb Ryanair, però no crec que aquesta companyia tingui catifes voladores amb vols directes a <b><i>les mil i una nits</i></b>.</div>
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Per un laberint infinit -on ni Teseu, amb el cabell d'Ariadna, n'hagués trobat el camí de sortida- vam transitar, acompanyats per un guia amb <i>jellaba</i> marró, que semblava caminar d'esma pel caòtic entrellat de carrerons i carrerons. Colors i olors noves i suggerents ens acompanyaven mentre ens endinsàvem al cor de la medina. Gairebé sense parlar, sota els efectes d'aquest beuratge màgic de perfums i tonalitats, seguíem les petjades del nostre guia. De sobte, en traspassar una arcada fosca que semblava no conduir enlloc, una gran porta a mà dreta se'ns obrí amb la rialla d'una jove, amb túnica grana adamascada i brodada, que ens saludava amb certa timidesa i ens convidava a entrar a un petit paradís. Un petit palau anomenat Daar Noor -o Riad de Carmen- que havia de convertir-se en el contrapunt d'aquell món -per a nosaltres desordenat, inquietant, encisador i plàcid alhora- que acabàvem de deixar rera la gran porta d'entrada; la possibilitat de retornar a un oasi que et transportava a temps remots d’una cultura mil.lenària. Sé que aquest només ha estat el primer viatge. Fes m’ha captivat. Hi tornaré. Molt aviat. Fins ara.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A few days ago we travelled to another “world”. We thought we have booked on ordinary flight with Ryanair but the result was an amazing flight to Arabian Nights.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Through an infinitive maze, where even Theseus with the help of Ariane’s hair would be unable to find the exit, we walked along narrow streets with the help of an expert guide wearing the typical brown <i>djellaba</i> and slippers. Thousands of suggestive colours and smells went along with us while we were going inside the medina’s heart. Nearly without speaking, under the effects of this magic potion of odours and exotic tones, we followed the steps of our guide. Suddenly, while we were crossing a dark arcade which seemed to lead nowhere, a big door on the right side appeared. There, with a broad smile, a woman dressed up with an embroidered, deep-red Damask tunic was greeting and inviting us to enter into a small paradise: a tiny palace called Daar Noor or Carmen’s Riad has to become the contrast between the outside world – a distressing but at the same time charming, placid chaos. The riad offered us the chance to meet an oasis which made us travelled backwards into a remote, thousand-year-old culture. I know that this has just been my first journey. Fez has bewitched me: I promise I’ll come back very, very soon!</span></div>
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