Morocco Day One!

        Well. We’re here in the last port. I almost can’t believe it. Only four days here, and I’m almost sad. We started out late today, sleeping in. Lots of things went on during the five-day trip across. We were exhausted. Sleeping in was nice.
Started out with a city orientation. There was a little Moroccan man who took us around and we saw some interesting things. We started with the huge Hassan II mosque, which you can literally see from almost everywhere in the city. It’s the third biggest mosque, and it has the tallest minaret. At night, there’s a little green laser light that shines out towards Mecca. It was actually pretty cool. We went to a medina with some palaces, walked down some lanes. Went to a catholic church that had some great stained glass, and then went into some crazy store that had no historical value whatsoever. The guide definitely took us there because he had some connections with the owner. Lol. All of the tours went there I guess. Not joking. That’s the baksheesh culture though. It was bad in Egypt, and it’s bad here too.
        We came back to the ship to eat a bit before heading out with Charlotte, John, and Patrick. We ended up walking the thirty minutes from the port to the entrance of the city, and then another twenty to Rick’s Café! Super exciting! We thought that we wouldn’t be able to make it in because all of SAS wanted to eat there, but they had room for us. We ended up going to the roof top terrace called the “Blue Parrot” and had some sodas. We hung out for awhile, and Casablanca was playing in the background. It was all very quaint.
        Next we got into two cabs and headed to the Corniche, which means waterside. There’s a huge city center there with lots of restaurants and clubs. There’s also fitness clubs with swimming pools and private beaches. It’s actually pretty awesome. There’s ALSO a McDonalds! And it’s insane there. We didn’t eat there, but it’s interesting to see the differences. The food is more plain and there’s HUGE play places for the kids to play in, like two story huge little play places. Make ours look dinky. We ended up eating some shwarma’s just like Egypt’s except for the fact that the sandwiches are toasted like a Panini and have mixed meat. They were pretty good. We cabbed home after walking around for awhile. We tried to fit all of us into one cab, but they wouldn’t go for it. When we got in initially, the man didn’t even see me, so when three of the six of us left, he freaked out. Lol. Fun fact.
        Walked back home. Thirty minute walk from the entrance to the port. Lots of pot holes and little light. Hahahaha. It’s interesting. Great day though. Casablanca is cleaner than Egypt. That’s a plus!  ☺