THURSDAY THIRTEEN - Fes - Morocco

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(For those who don't know I am on a round trip through Morocco)

Today we visited Fes and amongst other things also the Souk in the middle of the town surrounded by walls. It hasn't changed since centuries. There are around 1400 little streets in there and all goods have to be transported by donkies, on men's shoulders or bikes because the streets are so small that no car can enter the inside of the Souk. It is believed to be the world's largest contiguous car-free urban area


13 pictures to give you an overlook of the Souk (a commercial quarter in an Arab or Berber city).



The town founded in 789



You can buy everything in the souk, vegetables, meat, clothes, etc




very very old houses, but often very beautiful inside




spices from everywhere




one stand or shop besides the other. The man in yellow robe Djelaba) is our guide








he makes "golden" belts



local clothes



There were many donkies to carry all kind of goods



Jewelry



I was exhausted after 2 1/2 h of walking in these little cobble stoned streets with hundreds of people. Of course I have much more interesting and strange pictures of another world.

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

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Yesterday I had to go to the dentist, which made me think to look about quotes.

Here are 13 quotes about dentists :



1. If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist’s office would be full of luminous ideas

2. You don’t have to brush your teeth – just the ones you want to keep.

3. Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.

4. I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.

5. A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last

6. There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth.

7. You know, sometimes a man just can’t satisfy all of a woman’s desires. Which is why God invented dental floss

8. Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

9. Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

10. I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It’s the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.

11. Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold.

12. A physician buries his mistakes, a dentist pulls them out, but a teacher has to live with them

13. Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

THURSDAY THIRTEEN - Xmas time quotes

1. Christmas is just plain weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree in your living room eating candy and snacks out of your socks?

2. Why is Christmas just like another day at the office? You end up doing all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit.

3. Mum, can I please have a cat for Christmas:
Ans: No. You'll have turkey the same us the rest of us.

4. Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year.'

5. Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, He must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, Must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?'

6. You know you're getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.

7. From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.

8. Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer

9. How do you know Santa Claus has to be a man?
No woman is going to wear the same outfit year after year.

10. Christmas: The time when everyone gets Santamental.

11. What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.

12. Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.

13. Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas."