{"id":939,"date":"2010-03-01T09:22:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T09:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=939"},"modified":"2020-10-26T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:11:13","slug":"behind-the-scenes-cafe-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/03\/01\/behind-the-scenes-cafe-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes: Caf\u00e9 Clock, our internet caf\u00e9 in Fez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first internet caf\u00e9 on the African continent turned out to be one of the most beautiful caf\u00e9s we could hope to have spent time in: the remarkable Caf\u00e9 Clock<\/a> in the medina in Fez.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/span>A view through a door at Caf\u00e9 Clock<\/small><\/div>\n

Walk a short way from the medina’s Bab Boujloud — the “Blue Gate” — through the aptly named “butchers\u2019 guzzar” presided over by the “camel” shown in a previous post<\/a>, turn left into the narrowest of alleyways, then left again into a small doorway… and emerge into what seems to be a palace.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/span>A view down on our office at Caf\u00e9 Clock<\/small><\/div>\n

Founded three years ago by Mike, an Englishman fed up with the drudgery of daily life in London, Caf\u00e9 Clock now seems to be an essential stop for travellers in Fez. Mike has a keen nose for the best of Moroccan cooking and a finely tuned ear for the tales of those who pass through his establishment.<\/p>\n

\"Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/span>Caf\u00e9 Clock’s owner Mike listens to The Ball<\/small><\/div>\n

Thanks for your hospitality, your fantastic breakfast and your broadband. We’d have been struggling to keep up without all three. Caf\u00e9 Clock has certainly left its mark on The Ball…<\/p>\n

\"Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/span>Caf\u00e9 Clock stamp The Ball<\/small><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our first internet caf\u00e9 on the African continent turned out to be one of the most beautiful caf\u00e9s we could hope to have spent time in: the remarkable Caf\u00e9 Clock in the medina in Fez. Walk a short way from the medina’s Bab Boujloud — the “Blue Gate” — through the aptly named “butchers\u2019 guzzar” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,18,232],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morocco-countries","category-the-ball","category-the-journey","tag-behind-the-scenes"],"geo":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/03\/mor_fez_clock_door.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}